Figure 3.

Number of genomes of the SARS‐CoV‐2 21L/BA.2 Omicron variant available in GISAID and chronology of collections of respiratory samples from where they were obtained. (A) Number of genomes of the SARS‐CoV‐2 21L/BA.2 Omicron variant are available in the GISAID sequence database (https://www.gisaid.org/) ¹⁶ as of 02/02/2022. (B) Chronology of SARS‐CoV‐2 diagnoses with the 21L/BA.2 Omicron variant for genomes were deposited in the GISAID sequence database and obtained worldwide. (C) Chronology of SARS‐CoV‐2 diagnoses with the 21L/BA.2 Omicron variant for genomes deposited in the GISAID sequence database and obtained in France or in our university hospital institute. The number of genomes was analyzed until 02/02/2022. Total number of genomes analyzed was 36 428. A total of 1093 genomes were excluded as the date of sample collection was uncomplete (days or months were lacking)