Becker's Healthcare September 30, 2024
After its detection in 28 countries, the CDC began tracking the proportions of COVID-19 variant XEC.
Currently accounting for 6% of U.S. cases, XEC is the fifth most dominant variant in the nation. Other leading variants include KP.3.1.1 (58.7%), KP.2.3 (9.4%), LB.1 (7.9%) and KP.3 (7.1%).
As of Sept. 19, the XEC lineage has been detected in 633 COVID-19 cases after first appearing June 28, according to Scripps Research’s Outbreak.info. Twenty-four states have at least one XEC...
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