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Nowhere is XBB.1.5 more prevalent than in the northeastern United States, according to the CDC; in the New York region, it accounts for an estimated 73% of cases versus 27.6% nationally.
You've probably heard about the XBB.1.5 variant; it's the latest"most transmissible COVID variant yet" and appears to be better at binding to human cells, which may make it more adept at infecting There's no evidence at this point that the strain, a combination of two prior omicron subvariants, is more lethal or more likely to cause COVID complications, but as a top White House official said this week, if you haven't been vaccinated or infected lately, your protection probably isn't so good Nowhere is XBB.
1.5 more prevalent than in the northeastern United States, according to the CDC; in the New York region, it accounts for an estimated 73% of cases versus 27.6% nationallyprompting renewed global wariness in recent weeks continues to assert its dominance in the New York City area, while the latest CDC data published Friday indicates a loosening grip on the nation as a whole.contagious"recombinant" one spawned from two prior, and different omicron subvariants. Those two were considered more transmissible than their predecessors at the time they emerged, and the resulting fusion -- XBB.1.5 -- is believed to be that much more potent in terms of infectiousness. As of the CDC's Friday update, XBB.1.5 accounts for an estimated 73% of cases -- and as many as 81.2% of virus circulating -- in the agency's New York region, which also includes New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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