Omicron now the dominant U.S. Covid strain at 73% of cases, CDC data shows
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/20/omicron-now-the-dominant-us-covid-strain-at-73percent-of-cases.html
- The rapidly spreading omicron variant is now the dominant Covid strain in the U.S., representing 73% of sequenced cases, according to data published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Omicron has displaced the previously dominant delta variant, which CDC data shows is now an estimated 26.6% of sequenced cases for the week ending December 18.
CDC
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions
Nowcast
Nowcast is a model that estimates more recent proportions of circulating variants and enables timely public health action. CDC is providing weekly Nowcast estimates which will be updated every week on Tuesday.