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Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.5 accounts for 61.3% of U.S. COVID cases - CDC

Published 01/27/2023, 10:21 AM
Updated 01/27/2023, 11:31 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People wear masks as a protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York City, New York, U.S., December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

(Reuters) - The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 has likely become the dominant variant in the United States, accounting for 61.3% of COVID cases in the week ended Jan. 28, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday.

The subvariant accounted for 49.5% of cases in the week ended Jan. 21, estimates from CDC showed.

XBB.1.5, which is currently the most transmissible variant, is an offshoot of XBB, first detected in October.

The now-dominant XBB-related subvariants are derived from the BA.2 version of Omicron.

An analysis from CDC showed on Wednesday that updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Inc/BioNTech SE and Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) helped prevent symptomatic infections against the new XBB-related subvariants.

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And 95% of clinics do not test for variant type. So the CDC makes up figures to fit this week's political agenda regarding Covid.
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