26 states reporting BA.2.75 cases

An omicron subvariant that's only accounted for a sprinkle of COVID-19 infections has been detected in 26 states and Washington, D.C., according to tracking estimates

BA.2.75 accounted for 84 national COVID-19 across 20 states as of Aug. 8, but that number has creeped up to 189 as of Aug. 22. The estimates come from a dashboard run by Raj Rajnarayanan, PhD, the assistant dean of research and an associate professor at Arkansas State University. The dashboard uses GISAID, a global data platform that follows viruses. 

The number of BA.2.75 cases are too few to be published by the CDC as BA.5 makes up nearly 9 in every 10 national cases. Two other omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.4.6, together account for about 1 in every 10. 

Health experts have said BA.2.75 is a "scariant" and the WHO has not deemed it a variant of concern. Helix, a lab that helps the CDC track variants, recently said BA.2.75 infections were "sporadic." 

Here are the most recent estimates on BA.2.75 infections by state and Washington, D.C.:

California — 34

New Jersey — 26

New York — 19

Washington — 17

Texas — 13

Illinois — 11

Arizona — 8

Ohio — 7

North Carolina — 7

Georgia — 7

Wisconsin — 5

Virginia — 5

Pennsylvania — 4

Nebraska — 3

Massachusetts — 3

Maryland — 3

Indiana — 3

Minnesota — 2

Michigan — 2

Kansas — 2

Iowa — 2

Missouri — 1

Hawaii — 1

District of Columbia — 1

Delaware — 1

Connecticut — 1

Colorado — 1

 

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