Thread by @RajlabN

#COVID19 #VariantDashboard - #UnitedStates

Interesting tug of war between BQ.1.1 & XBB.1.5

TOP lineages (15-DAY TRENDS):

14.7% BQ.1.1
11.4% XBB.1.5👀
10.7% BQ.1
9.2% BQ.1.22
3.1% XBB.1
2.3% BQ.1.1.3

Tracker: tinyurl.com/mryj4uu7

#OmicronUpdates 12/29/22

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Sequence count by US State

California, New York and Texas have submitted a huge share of sequences with specimen collection dates in the last 15 days.

[It appears like a tug of war between XBB.1.5 and BQ.1.1 mainly because of no. of sequences uploaded from West and South]

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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!

https://twitter.com/RajlabN/status/1606353523683348480

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#Global #VariantSoup

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

BQ.1.1 (23.16%)
BQ.1 (9.21%)
XBB.1 (4.47%)
BQ.1.22 (3.83%)
CH.1.1 (2.89%)👀
BQ.1.2 (2.25%)
XBB.1.5 (2.24%)👀
BN.1.3 (1.95%)
BQ.1.1.4 (1.91%)

public.tableau.com/app/profile/ra…

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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!

public.tableau.com/app/profile/ra…

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#Hospital #Capacity - (by State/Division)

All hospitalizations not just COVID-19

public.tableau.com/app/profile/ra…

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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 (45.2%)👀🚀
BQ.1.1 (10.9%)⬇️
XBB.1 (8.6%)
BQ.1 (6.6%)
BQ.1.1.4 (3.0%)
BQ.1.3 (1.8%)
BQ.1.14 (1.6%)
BQ.1.22 (1.6%)

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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

fortune.com/well/2022/11/0…

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BQ* Hotspots - #USA #15DayTrends

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Recombinant lineage hotspots - #USA #15DayTrends

XBB.1.5 is sprouting everywhere, not just NE USA!

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

BQ.1.22, BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1.5 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

[low sequence count]

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more on #Massachusetts's XBB.1.5 wave

bostonglobe.com/2022/12/28/met…

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

XBB.1.5 is the top circulating lineage in PA

[low sequence count]

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