Delta is still more widespread than Omi. On Dec 14, Omi was only 3% of Calif cases, while the CDC estimated 13% of NY cases were Omi on that date.. The stories out of NY now are so confusing it goes from 90% Omi to anywhere in between, but Calif is still mostly Delta.
The Hill, says that the positivity rate in NY is 18.5%, or one in 5 testing are infected. Hard for kiddies to avoid that kind of saturation in the adults around them.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/587642-new-york-reports-67000-covid-cases-up-64-percent-in-24-hours
Yea I’m familiar with how transmissible it is. However, that does not explain why there are so many hospitalizations for an upper respiratory infection.