New COVID variant JN.1 surges to 44% of cases, CDC estimates — even higher in New York, New Jersey
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on December 22, 2023
The new COVID-19 variant that scientists call JN.1 now makes up about 44.1% of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Friday, marking another week of the fast-spreading variant's steep rise in the U.S.
The increase is more than two times larger than the 21.3% that the CDC now estimates the strain made up of . . .
