Some updated variant analyses by @MoritzGerstung. Below and here https://github.com/tomwenseleers/LineageExplorer/tree/main/plots/RBDmutations… also some more updated plots based on my analysis here https://github.com/tomwenseleers/LineageExplorer/blob/main/global%20analysis.R….
Moritz Gerstung
@MoritzGerstung
The next few months may be a tight race between the BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 SARS-CoV-2 variants.
- Globally BQ.1.1 grew ~12% faster than BA.5, ranging from ~10% in Belgium to ~15% in Germany.
- XBB.1 grew >20% faster than BA.5 in Singapore, ~13% in the U.S., but only ~7% in Denmark.