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confirmed in the u.s., but health experts say that it s the delta variant and low vaccination rates that are driving the increase. nbc s stephanie stanton is in florida where the omicron variant was just detected in a local city s waste water. stephanie, good morning. good morning to you, lindsay. i am here in the tampa area, and the omicron variant was detected here just this past week. but this is interesting. in nearby altamont springs, which is actually in the orlando area, so it s in the middle of the state, wastewater officials there have been testing their sewage, essentially, since april of 2020 for covid. and they say that just this past week, they have detected the omicron variant. they say what that means is that it s sort of a precursor as to what they may expect in the community, and that they do expect the omicron to start circulating more widely in the orlando area. as you said, florida now one of 25 states that have detected this variant. and right now, delta still is

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