COVID-19: New LB.1 Variant Sees Climb In Infections Amid Nationwide Uptick In Cases
Cases of a new COVID-19 variant are on the rise nationally as the spread of the virus overall is climbing, according to brand-new data from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC).
The highly contagious variant, LB.1, now accounts for 17.5 percent of US cases in the two weeks ending Saturday, June 22.
LB.1 cases have more than doubled since May, and some experts think it could be on a path to surpass two offshoots of the highly contagious Omicron variant who are part of the so-called "FLiRT" group: KP.3 and KP. 2.
Combined, those two subvariants account for more than half of COVID infections in the US.
In the latest data, the KP.3 strain made up 33 percent of cases nationally, an increase of 8 percent from the previous report.
The KP.2 strain, meanwhile, accounts for about 21 percent of cases.
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