Highly-mutated COVID strain spiking in California — here’s where clusters have formed

Source: New York Post

A new strain of COVID is rising in California with clusters detected in San Francisco and Kern County. The “Cicada” strain is a highly mutated subvariant that has recently gained traction in California due to its ability to evade immunity from past infections and vaccinations. It is arriving just as COVID-19 has increasingly behaved like a summer virus in California, with the last two years showing higher peaks in warmer months than in winter.