COVID cases rising in Minnesota, with health officials tracking variant BA.2.86
More pressing, hospitalizations have risen by nearly 27%. That marks the fourth-largest growth in the country currently among states.
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More pressing, hospitalizations have risen by nearly 27%. That marks the fourth-largest growth in the country currently among states.
Nearly 100 cases of the COVID variant EU.1.1 have been reported in Utah — more than any other state.
The XBB variant has climbed to 3.1% of new COVID cases nationwide, the CDC now estimates.
The president's outgoing chief medical adviser pointed to new CDC data suggesting the updated boosters will increase protection against infection.
The CDC said BQ.1 and one of its descendants, BQ.1.1, represent "a small but fast-growing subset of the Omicron variant."
"Your immune system will have a harder time fighting off this current wave."
