CDC reports COVID subvariant JN.1 dominates US cases

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that as of December 23, the COVID subvariant JN.1 is responsible for an estimated 39% to 50% of cases in the United States, as projected by the agency. This marks a rise from the earlier projected range of 15% to 29% of cases as of December 8.

According to the CDC, this variant is persistently contributing to a growing proportion of infections and has currently become the predominant variant circulating throughout the nation.