US, Variant Proportions, omicron mutants proliferate

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-da....ta-tracker/#variant-

BA.4 8.3%

BA.5 13.3%

Evolutionally driver

Vaccine immune escape

More severe?

No

Same symptoms?

Yes

Hospital admissions

Up 4.6% on the week

Seven day average, 4,330

UK covid

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplep....opulationandcommunit

Week ending 11 June 2022

Percentage testing positive increased in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5.

Percentage that had COVID-19 in the week

1,131,000 (1 in 50 people) in England

64,800 (1 in 45 people) in Wales

42,900 (1 in 45 people) in Northern Ireland

176,900 (1 in 30 people) in Scotland

Deaths involving COVID-19 fall

Week ending 3 June 2022

UK, 211 deaths registered in the UK involving coronavirus

258 fewer than the previous week

Total deaths registered in the UK, W/E 3rd June

7,881

(16% below the five-year average)

186 deaths involving COVID-19 in England and Wales

58.1% disease, underlying cause of death

(64.9% in the previous week)

Antibodies

99.3% in England

99.3% in Wales

99.4% in Northern Ireland

99.4% in Scotland

Proportion of those aged under 16 years

Antibodies at or above 179ng/ml

(23 to 26 May 2022)

Aged 8 to 11, 95.9%

Aged 12 to 15, 95.7%

Testing negative means that an individual did not have enough antibodies to be detected in the test, not that they do not have any immune protection against the virus.