"Maryland is reporting its first three cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) announced Friday afternoon. All three cases are in people from the Baltimore area. Two cases involve people from the same household: a vaccinated person who recently traveled to South Africa, where the variant was first identified last week, and an unvaccinated person who was a close contact. The third case is unrelated, involving a vaccinated Marylander with no known recent travel history. None of three people have been hospitalized. The governor’s office said comprehensive contact tracing efforts are now underway to quickly identify, quarantine and test close contacts. Maryland is now the sixth state to report the presence of omicron. The first case in the U.S. was reported in California on Dec. 1."

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/12/03/maryland-reports-3-cases-of-omicron-variant/