{"id":3937,"date":"2023-06-20T21:09:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T02:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2023-06-20T21:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T02:27:19","slug":"what-covid-19-variants-are-going-around-in-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/06\/20\/what-covid-19-variants-are-going-around-in-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"What COVID-19 variants are going around in June 2023?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nebraskamed.com\/COVID\/what-covid-19-variants-are-going-around\">Nebraska Medicine<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/us\/covid-cases.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9,747 patients hospitalized in the United States per week<\/a>, with 16% of those being ICU patients. The&nbsp;test positivity rate for the week of June 2-8 was 7.2%. When test positivity is above 5%, transmission is considered uncontrolled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since many are using home tests that are not reported through public health or are not testing at all, the official case counts underestimate the actual prevalence of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What COVID-19 variant are we on?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\" target=\"_blank\">dominant variant nationwide is XBB.1.5<\/a>, with 39.9% of cases, followed by XBB.1.16, with 18.2% of cases, and XBB.1.9.1 with 12.5% of cases. &#8220;The original omicron variant is gone now,&#8221; says Dr. Rupp. &#8220;Currently subvariants of omicron are circulating, including XBB.1.5, XBB.1.16 and XBB.1.9.1.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which COVID-19 variant do I have? And do COVID-19 tests tell you the variant?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When you receive a COVID-19 test, you won&#8217;t find out which variant caused your infection. That&#8217;s because COVID-19 tests only detect the presence of the virus \u2013 they don&#8217;t determine the variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Genomic sequencing looks at the genetic code of the virus to determine which variant caused the infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nebraska DHHS sequences test samples after a positive test is identified and reports the total percentage of each variant every two weeks. See the latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dhhs.ne.gov\/Pages\/COVID-19-Genomics-and-Wastewater-Surveillance.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genomic surveillance report for Nebraska<\/a>. Sequencing results are used by public health experts to understand variant trends in the community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nebraska Medicine There are currently more than&nbsp;9,747 patients hospitalized in the United States per week, with 16% of those being ICU patients. The&nbsp;test positivity rate for the week of June 2-8 was 7.2%. When test positivity is above 5%, transmission is considered uncontrolled. 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