A new COVID variant — dubbed Cicada — has been detected in New York.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the variant, formally known as BA.3.2, is a “new lineage” of SARS-CoV-2.
Cicada COVID has seen an uptick in detection, according to a March 19 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) by the agency, and has been found in at least 25 states so far…