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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reports that children under the age of 2 make up 10% of total hospital admissions in the Omicron point of discovery Tshwane in South Africa. [321] Data on the S gene target failure (SGTF) of sampled cases in South Africa indicates a growth of 21% per day relative to Delta, generating an increased ...
By the end of the year, XBB.1.5 accounted for 40.5% of new cases across the US, and was the dominant strain; variant of concern BQ.1 was running at 18.3% and BQ.1.1 represented 26.9% of new cases, while the BA.5 strain was in decline, at 3.7%.
A smaller Omicron surge in spring is also possible.) [120] As it is, the variant is projected to become the dominant strain within a week. [121] The R number for Omicron in the UK is estimated to be between 3 and 5, Dr. Susan Hopkins, chief medical advisor at the UK Health Security Agency reported. The variant becomes the dominant strain in ...
Just like other COVID-19 strains that have gained dominance in the U.S. over the last year — JN.1, HV.1, EG.5 aka Eris, and XBB.1.16 or Arcturus — the FLiRT variants part of the omicron family.
BA.2.86 has more than 30 mutations compared to the omicron XBB.1.5 variant, the dominant strain for most of 2023 and the variant targeted in the updated COVID-19 vaccine, TODAY.com previously ...
HV.1 remained the dominant strain up until mid-December, when it was overtaken by JN.1, an offshoot of BA.2.86, or Pirola. However, HV.1 still spreading and sickening a large number of Americans.
The CDC projected Friday that about 40% of confirmed U.S. Covid cases are caused by the XBB.1.5 strain, up from 20% a week ago. In the Northeast, about 75% of confirmed cases are reported to be ...