‘Escape variants’ account for 16% of US COVID-19 cases: 10 updates

Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 — dubbed ‘escape variants’ for their immune evasiveness — are gaining prevalence and now account for more than 16 percent of all COVID-19 cases confirmed in the U.S., according to the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published Oct. 21.

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