The strain appears to be the most transmissible one so far, according to Yale Medicine.
, the rate of new cases is currently 36 per 100,000, down 9.1 percent from the previous week. Just 1.8 percent of the staffed inpatient beds are currently used by patients with confirmed cases of COVID — down 0.2 percentage points from the previous week.
But the new strain is dominating cases in New England and recently began appearing in other parts of the country, including the Midwest. Omicron XBB.1.5, also known as"the Kraken," made up 88.3 percent of COVID-19 cases the week ending April 8, according to theThe strain appears to be the most transmissible one so far, with higher infection rates and is also a more efficient strain, according to"Even people who have protection from vaccination or a recent case of COVID-19 have been infected," Dr. Scott Roberts, an infectious diseases specialist at Yale Medicine, said in a news release.
"Flu viruses do this all the time," Roberts stated."It may not mean anything different, except that this is another way the virus can mutate and something to keep an eye on."
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