Thread by @RajlabN

#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #UnitedStates

TOP lineages (15-DAY TRENDS):

17.0% BA.5.2.1
10.8% BA.5.2
10.7% BA.4.6
6.9% BA.5.1
2.7% BF.7
2.6% BF.10
2.5% BA.5.5
2.2% BQ.1
2.1% BA.5.6
2.1% BF.5

Tracker: tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7

#OmicronUpdates 10/20/22
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Sequence count by US State

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

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15 of the 2729 sequences are from opt-in voluntary airport screening with sample collections dates in the last 15 days

3 BQ.1.1 (NY, GA, CA)
1 BQ.1 (CA)

#MaskUp in✈️🛳️🚍🚉etc

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Top circulating lineages (#15DayTrends)

73.7% BA.5*
10.7% BA.4.6*
8.0% BQ.1* (of which 2.7 BQ.1.1*)
2.7% BF.7*
1.9% BA.2.75*
1.8% BA.4*
0.3% BA.2.3.20* (includes CM.2)
0.3% XBB* (includes XXB, XBB.1, XBB.1.1)

Total # of Lineages Circulating in USA: 176 👀

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. @CDCgov updated variant proportions estimates on 10/14/2022 (CDC updates nowcast estimates every Friday)

https://twitter.com/RajlabN/status/1580924644294504448

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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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Updates from #LineageWatchTeam's @GenSpectrum
#Collection24 maintained by @siamosolocani
/@Asinickle1

>> All eyes on BQ* lineages especially BQ.1.1*<<

Collection24: cov-spectrum.org/collections/24…

Tracker: public.tableau.com/app/profile/ra…

(#15DayTrends - #USA)
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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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Closely following >50 yr old age group #COVID19 #Hospitalizations data

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Closely following #Pediatric #COVID19 #Hospitalizations data

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#COVID19 #Cases and #Deaths - US States
- @CDCgov data

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

Top Lineages (#15DAYTrends):

BQ* Lineages (19.3%) 👀 ( of which 5.5% BQ.1.1*)
BA.5.2.1 (12.7%)
BA.4.6 (10.7%)

Please get #Boosted, #Ventilate and #Maskup!

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#COVID19 #hospitalizations in NY ⬆️👀

coronavirus.health.ny.gov/daily-hospital…

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Rise of BQ.1*/BQ.1.1* is concerning

fortune.com/well/2022/09/2…

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more on #NewYork's #BQwave 🧵

https://twitter.com/RajlabN/status/1582826123637182464

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This surge is consistent with #WasteWater analytics from @BiobotAnalytics

Big uptick in wastewater SARSCoV2 content from NE USA

Other regions are slowly increasing too

.@IHME_UW case projections - #NewYork

Universal Masking is predicted to reduce case burden significantly!

#XBB is waiting in the Que!

Now spread to over 28 countries including USA!

#NewYork is an emerging hotspot

fortune.com/well/2022/10/2…