RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID-19 is on the rise, new data suggest, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.
, which has become a bellwether for the pandemic, has tripled or quadrupled in many parts of the U.S. in recent weeks, Jha says. COVID-19 hospitalizations have jumped 70%, he says. And 300 to 400 people are dying every day from COVID-19.
Because"every major holiday has led to a bump in cases throughout the entire pandemic, it stands to reason that we're going to see a clear increase in infections, and cases and hospitalizations, unfortunately, over the next few weeks," he says.The prevalence of the coronavirus's omicron subvariant XBB.1.5"shot up like a rocket," says, who has been tracking new variants at Northeastern University.
"XBB.1.5 has gotten a specific mutation that enables it to maintain antibody escape properties while also giving it an advantage for spreading through the population," saysThat means lots of people are probably going to get COVID-19 this winter.
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