JN.1 is now dominant in the U.S., though the CDC said there is no evidence the subvariant presents a higher public health risk than other circulating variants. Nationwide, the subvariant accounts for an estimated 44% of COVID-19 cases, up from just 7.5% in the two-week period ending Nov. 25, CDC data shows.
The subvariant’s cumulative prevalence — which represents a ratio of sequences containing JN.1 to all sequences collected in the U.S. since the subvariant wasfirst detected Sept. 14 — is 2%, according to outbreak.info.
Below is a breakdown of JN.1 prevalence by state, based on the most recent data available from outbreak.info. As COVID-19 sequencing is not a random sample of mutations, the data represents outbreak.info’s best estimates of the subvariant’s prevalence, as opposed to true prevalence.
Note: Becker’s calculated each state’s estimated cumulative JN.1 presence using sequencing data from outbreak.info. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousands.
|
State |
JN.1 positive samples |
Total sequences sampled |
Estimated cumulative prevalence (%) |
|
Arkansas |
2 |
8 |
0.25 |
|
District of Columbia |
1 |
5 |
0.2 |
|
Massachusetts |
10 |
63 |
0.16 |
|
Iowa |
64 |
418 |
0.15 |
|
New York |
287 |
2094 |
0.14 |
|
Florida |
17 |
134 |
0.13 |
|
New Jersey |
83 |
769 |
0.11 |
|
Nevada |
18 |
170 |
0.11 |
|
New Hampshire |
1 |
11 |
0.09 |
|
Washington |
14 |
163 |
0.09 |
|
Kentucky |
2 |
29 |
0.07 |
|
Maryland |
8 |
118 |
0.07 |
|
Illinois |
36 |
581 |
0.06 |
|
Virginia |
31 |
512 |
0.06 |
|
Wyoming |
3 |
50 |
0.06 |
|
Pennsylvania |
15 |
277 |
0.05 |
|
Delaware |
9 |
170 |
0.05 |
|
Montana |
1 |
22 |
0.05 |
|
Arizona |
24 |
534 |
0.04 |
|
Georgia |
3 |
71 |
0.04 |
|
California |
70 |
2,113 |
0.03 |
|
North Dakota |
1 |
32 |
0.03 |
|
Utah |
18 |
600 |
0.03 |
|
South Carolina |
1 |
39 |
0.03 |
|
North Carolina |
5 |
196 |
0.03 |
|
Connecticut |
2 |
80 |
0.03 |
|
South Dakota |
2 |
82 |
0.02 |
|
Texas |
10 |
410 |
0.02 |
|
Indiana |
1 |
42 |
0.02 |
|
Minnesota |
24 |
1,144 |
0.02 |
|
Michigan |
1 |
54 |
0.02 |
|
Colorado |
7 |
418 |
0.02 |
|
Oregon |
1 |
60 |
0.02 |
|
Ohio |
2 |
122 |
0.02 |
|
Rhode Island |
1 |
69 |
0.01 |
|
Hawaii |
1 |
86 |
0.01 |
|
New Mexico |
1 |
129 |
0.01 |
|
Louisiana |
1 |
168 |
0.01 |
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