The WHO has designated Mu a 'variant of interest' but the Delta variant is still dominant in the United States.
However, the Delta variant remains dominant in the U.S. at the moment and cases of Mu have been relatively limited thus far.
The strain is currently most prevalent in Alaska where it accounts for 4 percent of 3,837 sequenced samples, according to data from Outbreak.info. In terms of raw numbers, California has the most Mu cases among sequenced samples at 384 - though the total number of samples tested was 139,930, meaning Mu accounts for just 1 percent of these samples. Numbers vary significantly from state to state, with Florida registering 305 Mu cases and Vermont just one.
"We're paying attention to it, we take everything like that seriously, but we don't consider it an immediate threat right now," Fauci said.
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