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Jun 22, 2025, 6 tweets

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to early June.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant grew strongly to 35%, while LP.8.1.* fell to 28%.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant grew strongly, to 24%.

#COVID19 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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For the US, the XFG.* "Stratus" variant shows a strong growth advantage of 5.8% per day (41% per week) over LP.8.1.*, which predicts a crossover in early June (the data routinely lags).
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XFG.* "Stratus" has mainly been reported from New York state, rising to 52% frequency. Maryland hit 60%. It has also been quite common among the International Traveller samples at 20-30%.
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For the US, the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant showed a slightly stronger growth advantage of 6.1% per day (43% per week) over LP.8.1.*, which predicts a crossover in mid-June (the data routinely lags).
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NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has mainly been reported among the International Traveller samples, at around 35-45% frequency.

It has been dominant among patchy samples from Maryland.
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