Ómicron’s new subvariant, XBB.1.5, is spreading across the United States and already accounts for around 40% of Covid-19 cases in the country, up from 20% last week, it was announced Tuesday.
According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this subvariant leads the number of Covid-19 cases in the country and has gained space especially in the Northwest.
In regions like New York it already reaches 75% of confirmed cases.
The CDC warns that this dominant subvariant of Covid-19 “may be more transmissible than other variants,” although whether it has “more severe” effects is still unknown.
Hospitals in North America are experiencing an increase in admissions over the past month, although the Northwest region, which has a high number of cases with this subvariant, is not experiencing a disproportionate increase in hospitalizations compared to other regions.
XBB.1.5 is related to the Omicron XBB variant, which has been found in at least 35 countries and with clinical severity in Singapore and India, according to data from the World Health Organization.
Covid-19 is an infectious respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, detected three years ago in China and which has spread rapidly throughout the world, having assumed various variants and subvariants, some more contagious than others.
The disease is an international public health emergency since January 30, 2020 and a pandemic since March 11, 2020.
Source: TSF
