Thread by @RajlabN

#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #UnitedStates
TOP lineages (15-DAY TRENDS):

11.2% BQ.1.1
11.0% BQ.1
5.7% BA.5.2.1
4.0% BA.5.2
3.4% BA.4.6
2.9% BQ.1.3
2.7% XBB.1
2.6% BF.7
2.6% BQ.1.12
2.6% BA.5.1

Tracker: tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7

#OmicronUpdates 11/27/22
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Sequence count by US State

Share of sequences with specimen collection dates in the last 15 days.

New York has submitted a lion's share of sequences this period

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Granular details -#VariantDashboard #USA #15DayTrends

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.@CDCgov updated variant proportions estimates on 11/25/2022 (CDC updates nowcast estimates every Friday)

Several BQ* are circulating at >1% & BA.2.3.20* are good candidates to be included in CDC's Nowcast estimates next week



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The Great Convergence!

Tracked #VariantSoup with key #Spike mutations @ 346, 356, 444-446, 450, 452, 460, 486, 490, 493-494 positions

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Predicted Immune Escape and ACE2 binding of top lineages in USA (relative to BA.2)

Bivalent boosters (OG/Omicron.BA.5) will potentially protect the boosted from getting severe disease/hospitalizations.

Please get #boosted ASAP!

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#Hospital #Capacity - (by State/Division)

All hospitalizations not just COVID-19

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#COVID19 #Hospitalizations in the #UnitedStates

Please get #boosted (especially > 50 yr old and immune compromised) and #MaskUP!

Hospital Tracker (by States, by age group): public.tableau.com/app/profile/ra…

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Status of the latest #COVID19 Wave in #NewYork #BellwetherState

Top Lineages (#15DAYTrends):

BQ.1 (18.4%)
BQ.1.1 (15.8%)
XBB.1 (6.6%)👀
BQ.1.3 (4.3%)
BQ.1.11 (3.3%)
BQ.1.14 (3.3%)
CQ.2 (3.0%)👀
BQ.1.1.4 (2.6%)
XBB.2 (2.0%)
XBB.1.5 (2.0%)

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Closely following the increase in hospitalizations in #Arizona!

{low sequence count}

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#COVID19 #Hospitalizations are increasing in #California as well

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