The fast-spreading Omicron XBB.1.5 is estimated to make up nearly half of U.S. COVID-19 cases, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed on Friday, putting it on track to become the dominant subvariant in the country.
It is estimated to account for 49.1% of COVID cases in the country in the week ended Jan. 21, a jump from 37.2%The subvariant is an offshoot of XBB, a combination of two other Omicron sub-variants, that has been rapidly gaining ground in United States, particularly in the northeast.
"So I expect that it will continue to grow in the proportion of variants that are causing COVID and become predominant in United States." Weekly COVID-19 infections are down after ticking slightly higher in December and early January, according to CDC data.
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