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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Following a string of samples from Western Australia, a single sample of BA.3.2.2 was reported from New South Wales.

While the frequencies of this variant are low, it’s ongoing spread gives it every opportunity to acquire the mutations it needs to succeed.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #BA_3_2
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 16h

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 16h

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate fell slightly to 0.2% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-659.

That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 2d

I maintain an “Archive” edition of the dataviz, with all the data from the start of the pandemic.

Canada shared a lot of data in earlier years - try filtering for 6-month windows
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · Mar 23

I recently refreshed the data in the “Archive” version of my variant dashboard.

It goes all the way back to the start of the pandemic, over 5 years ago.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 3d

Influenza is seasonal, so the northern hemisphere’s wave will be starting soon.

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s the table of recent sample volumes (excluding Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US).

China shared a large batch of recent samples.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here are the leading countries reporting the XFG.* "Stratus" variant.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here are the leading countries reporting the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

This perspective excludes all the high-volume countries and regions that I routinely report on: Australia, NZ, Europe, Canada and the US. The remaining countries are aggregated into this report.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the latest variant picture for the "Global - Other" countries, to mid-September.

The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant remained dominant, growing to 68%.

XFG.* "Stratus" fell to 25%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #GlobalOther #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here are the leading European countries reporting XFG.* "Stratus".

The frequency has stayed at around 100% in Russia and Ukraine for many weeks, while it has fallen sharply in Ireland.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the latest variant picture for Europe (excluding the UK), to mid-September.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued to dominate, but may have peaked and fell slightly to 81% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell slightly to 9%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #EUR #LP_8_1 #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the latest variant picture for the United Kingdom, to mid-September.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant remained dominant and resumed growing to 81%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell to 14%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #UK #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada, to mid-September.

XFG.* "Stratus" continued to dominate, growing to 78%.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell back to 14%.

#COVID19 #Canada #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #XFG #Stratus
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to mid-September.

The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, rising slightly to 84% frequency.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" rose slightly to 8%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

The recent growth in the XFG.* "Stratus" variant has been driven by the XFG.3.15 sub-lineage. This has been around for many months in many countries without ever reaching 10% frequency. So this likely signals further evolution with added mutations.
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 4d

Here's the latest variant picture for New Zealand, to late September.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, finishing down slightly to 52%.

JN.1.* +DeFLuQE finishing down at 23%.

XFG.* "Stratus" grew strongly to 21%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #NZ #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE #XFG #Stratus
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