CDC Projects JN.1 Variant Accounts For Nearly 62% Of COVID-19 Cases In US

Reuters (1/5, Roy) reported the CDC “said on Friday that COVID subvariant JN.1 accounts for about 62% of cases in the U.S. as of Jan. 5, according to the agency’s projections.” According the agency, JN.1 “is now the most widely circulated variant in the U.S.,” and “is also the dominant variant in Europe and is rising sharply in Asia.”