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Jan 6, 2023 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
The variant surveillance dashboard on the CDC COVID Data Tracker was just updated to include projections up to 1/7/2022; this is a weekly update that posts like clockwork every Friday.
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
This week, the national point estimate for XBB.1.5 is 27.6% (95%CI:14.0-46.5%). This is a substantial decrease from last week’s point estimate at ~41%. You might be wondering why these numbers changed. Let’s take a look: