According to data from the CDC, the XBB.1.5 strain accounts right now for almost 41% of confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide. Cases of the new variant have jumped by double digits since Christmas Eve.
Cases are surging in the northeast but are expected to spread nationwide in the coming weeks.Dr. Nikhil Bhayani is an infectious disease physician with Texas Health Resources.
"The latest statistics in Texas show that this new variant, XBB.1.5, is clearly here," he warned. "But it has not grown the way it has in the northeast."As local hospitals continue to struggle with staffing shortages and burnout while treating COVID and other respiratory illnesses. Early evidence shows the new bivalent vaccines are helping protect against this new variant, especially for the most vulnerable populations.
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