A new subvariant of the omicron variant of the coronavirus is increasingly rapidly in the United States, according to the CDC. CDC data shows that the BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 variants have increasingly spread in recent weeks, only trailing the BA.5 and BA.4.6 subvariants. The BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 variants each made up 5.7% of the total number of cases in the country in the past week. The BA.5 subvariant, which has dominated U.S. cases for months, made up 67.9%, down from its peak of almost 90% in late August.
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References

  1. CDC COVID Data Tracker
    covid.cdc.gov

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