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#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #UnitedStates

TOP lineages (15-DAY TRENDS):

16.6% XBB.1.5👀
16.5% BQ.1.1
10.4% BQ.1
5.2% BQ.1.22
4.0% XBB.1
2.0% BQ.1.1.4
1.9% BQ.1.1.3
1.8% BQ.1.2
1.8% BQ.1.3

Tracker: tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7

#OmicronUpdates 12/27/22
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Sequence count by US State

New York has submitted a huge share of sequences with specimen collection dates in the last 15 days.

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Granular details -#VariantDashboard #USA #15DayTrends

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.@CDCgov updated variant proportions estimates on 12/23/2022 (CDC updates nowcast estimates every Friday)

Several BQ* are circulating at >1% & XBB.1.5* are good candidates to be included in CDC's Nowcast estimates next week!



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#Global #VariantSoup

Top lineages with at least 5 key convergent #Spike mutations (#30DayTrends):

BQ.1.1 (23.30%)
BQ.1 (9.83%)
XBB.1 (4.26%)
BQ.1.22 (4.00%)
CH.1.1 (2.46%)
BQ.1.2 (2.37%)
BQ.1.1.4 (2.08%)
BN.1.3 (1.94%)
XBB.1.5 (1.91%)

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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

XBB.1.5 is the top circulating lineage in NY

Top Lineages (#15DAYTrends):

XBB.1.5 (42.2%)👀🚀
BQ.1.1 (14.0%)
XBB.1 (8.4%)
BQ.1 (7.3%)
BQ.1.1.3 (2.0%)
BQ.1.14 (2.1%)
BQ.1.1.4 (1.8%)
BQ.1.11 (1.8%)

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Rise of highly immune evasive XBB* family of lineages especially XBB.1.5 (Key mutation: Spike F486P) in NY is concerning

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BQ* Hotspots - #USA #15DayTrends

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Recombinant lineage hotspots - #USA #15DayTrends

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Tracking the current #COVID19 wave, variant soup and #Hospitalizations in #California

BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and BQ.1.22 are the top circulating lineage in CA

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Tracking the current #COVID19 wave, variant soup and #Hospitalizations in #Massachusetts

XBB.1.5 is the top circulating lineage in MA

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Tracking the current #COVID19 wave, variant soup and #Hospitalizations in #Connecticut

XBB.1.5 is the top circulating lineage in CT

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Tracking the current #COVID19 wave, variant soup and #Hospitalizations in #NewJersey

XBB.1.5 is the top circulating lineage in NJ

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