U.S. News March 24, 2023
By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder

The omicron subvariant appears to be plateauing in the U.S.

Coronavirus cases in the U.S. continue to decline. Still, nearly 30% of U.S. counties are experiencing a “high” level of COVID-19 transmission, according to CDC data.

Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 remains dominant over all other coronavirus strains in the U.S. but appears to be plateauing.

The subvariant was responsible for approximately 90% of new infections this week, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s roughly the same as last week and up about 2 percentage points from two weeks ago.

XBB.1.5’s growth in March is significantly less than it was in February, when it jumped from 62% of cases to 82%.

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