Samples since 25th May 2026

Region Total BA.2.86.1.1.16.1.7.9.1.1 %
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire 27 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / Agnibilekrou 4 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / Angre 1 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / Attecoube 8 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / Maca 5 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / Man 5 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / San Pedro 2 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / Treicheville 1 0 0%
Africa / Cote d’Ivoire / Yopougon 1 0 0%
Africa / Egypt 100 8 8%
Africa / Kenya 4 0 0%
Africa / Kenya / Kilifi 4 0 0%
Africa / South Africa 23 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Eastern Cape 1 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Eastern Cape / Komani 1 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Gauteng 14 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Limpopo 1 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Mpumalanga 1 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / North West 1 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Western Cape 5 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Western Cape / Paarl 1 0 0%
Africa / South Africa / Western Cape / Strand 1 0 0%
Africa / Uganda 2 0 0%
Africa / Uganda / Kampala 1 0 0%
Africa / Uganda / Mbarara 1 0 0%
Africa / Zambia 5 0 0%
Africa / Zambia / Livingstone 1 0 0%
Africa / Zambia / Lusaka 2 0 0%
Africa / Zambia / Nakonde 1 0 0%
Africa / Zambia / Ndola 1 0 0%
Asia / Cambodia 15 0 0%
Asia / Hong Kong 206 1 0%
Asia / India 83 82 99%
Asia / India / Andhra Pradesh 13 13 100%
Asia / India / Andhra Pradesh / Guntur 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Andhra Pradesh / Kakinada 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Andhra Pradesh / Mangalgiri 10 10 100%
Asia / India / Andhra Pradesh / Vijaywada 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Delhi 4 4 100%
Asia / India / Delhi / Delhi 4 4 100%
Asia / India / Gujarat 4 4 100%
Asia / India / Gujarat / Ahmedabad 3 3 100%
Asia / India / Gujarat / Surat 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Karnataka 19 19 100%
Asia / India / Karnataka / Hassan 14 14 100%
Asia / India / Karnataka / Hubballi 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Karnataka / Mysore 3 3 100%
Asia / India / Karnataka / Mysuru 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Kerala 13 13 100%
Asia / India / Kerala / Alappuzha 13 13 100%
Asia / India / Maharashtra 24 23 96%
Asia / India / Maharashtra / Mumbai 7 7 100%
Asia / India / Maharashtra / Pune 8 8 100%
Asia / India / Punjab 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Punjab / Mohali 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu 4 4 100%
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore 3 3 100%
Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / Salem 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Uttarakhand 1 1 100%
Asia / India / Uttarakhand / Nainital 1 1 100%
Asia / Japan 131 1 1%
Asia / Japan / Ehime 1 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Fukushima 2 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Hiroshima 15 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Hyogo 37 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Ishikawa 2 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Kanagawa 8 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Miyagi 3 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Okayama 10 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Osaka 8 1 13%
Asia / Japan / Saitama 42 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Toyama 1 0 0%
Asia / Japan / Yamanashi 1 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia 60 15 25%
Asia / Malaysia / Kedah 4 1 25%
Asia / Malaysia / Kedah / Alor Setar 2 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia / Kedah / Langkawi 1 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia / Kedah / Sungai Petani 1 1 100%
Asia / Malaysia / Kelantan 18 4 22%
Asia / Malaysia / Kelantan / Gua Musang 7 2 29%
Asia / Malaysia / Kelantan / Kota Bharu 6 2 33%
Asia / Malaysia / Kelantan / Pasir Mas 3 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia / Kelantan / Rantau Panjang 2 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia / Pahang 8 2 25%
Asia / Malaysia / Pahang / Jerantut 1 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia / Pahang / Kuantan 3 1 33%
Asia / Malaysia / Pahang / Temerloh 4 1 25%
Asia / Malaysia / Penang 13 3 23%
Asia / Malaysia / Penang / Bayan Baru 5 2 40%
Asia / Malaysia / Penang / Jalan Perak 8 1 13%
Asia / Malaysia / Perak 9 2 22%
Asia / Malaysia / Perak / Buntong 6 1 17%
Asia / Malaysia / Perak / Jelapang 1 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia / Perak / Simpang 1 0 0%
Asia / Malaysia / Perak / Tanjung Malim 1 1 100%
Asia / Malaysia / Perlis 2 1 50%
Asia / Malaysia / Perlis / Kangar 2 1 50%
Asia / Malaysia / Terengganu 6 2 33%
Asia / Malaysia / Terengganu / Chendering 5 2 40%
Asia / Malaysia / Terengganu / Manir 1 0 0%
Asia / Pakistan 30 19 63%
Asia / Pakistan / Islamabad 6 5 83%
Asia / Pakistan / Karachi 4 2 50%
Asia / Pakistan / Lahore 3 2 67%
Asia / Pakistan / Peshawar 1 1 100%
Asia / Pakistan / Rawalpindi 16 9 56%
Asia / Singapore 815 114 14%
Asia / South Korea 60 4 7%
Asia / Taiwan 72 8 11%
Asia / Thailand 51 17 33%
Asia / Thailand / Bangkok 39 15 38%
Asia / Thailand / Chiang Rai 1 0 0%
Asia / Thailand / Chon Buri 2 0 0%
Asia / Thailand / Nakhon Phanom 2 0 0%
Asia / Thailand / Nonthaburi 1 1 100%
Asia / Thailand / Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 1 0 0%
Asia / Thailand / Phuket 1 0 0%
Asia / Thailand / Ranong 2 1 50%
Asia / Thailand / Tak 2 0 0%
Europe / France 14 3 21%
Europe / France / Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes 10 3 30%
Europe / France / Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes / Isere 3 0 0%
Europe / France / Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes / Loire 5 2 40%
Europe / France / Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes / Rhone 2 1 50%
Europe / France / Occitanie 4 0 0%
Europe / France / Occitanie / Haute-Garonne 4 0 0%
Europe / Germany 1 0 0%
Europe / Germany / Bavaria 1 0 0%
Europe / Ireland 14 5 36%
Europe / Ireland / Cork 1 1 100%
Europe / Ireland / Dublin 10 3 30%
Europe / Ireland / Galway 1 0 0%
Europe / Ireland / Limerick 1 0 0%
Europe / Ireland / Mayo 1 1 100%
Europe / Italy 3 0 0%
Europe / Italy / South Tyrol 1 0 0%
Europe / Netherlands 14 0 0%
Europe / Netherlands / Gelderland 5 0 0%
Europe / Netherlands / Noord-Brabant 2 0 0%
Europe / Netherlands / Noord-Holland 1 0 0%
Europe / Netherlands / Overijssel 1 0 0%
Europe / Netherlands / Utrecht 1 0 0%
Europe / Netherlands / Zuid-Holland 4 0 0%
Europe / Poland 3 0 0%
Europe / Poland / Pomorze 3 0 0%
Europe / Portugal 16 2 13%
Europe / Russia 16 2 13%
Europe / Russia / Saint Petersburg 9 1 11%
Europe / Russia / Saint Petersburg / Sankt-Peterburg 8 1 13%
Europe / Russia / Saint Petersburg / Sestroretsk 1 0 0%
Europe / Russia / Saint-Petersburg 7 1 14%
Europe / Russia / Saint-Petersburg / Saint-Petersburg 6 0 0%
Europe / Russia / Saint-Petersburg / Sankt-Peterburg 1 1 100%
Europe / Slovenia 3 0 0%
Europe / Spain 124 9 7%
Europe / Spain / Andalusia 15 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Andalusia / Sevilla 15 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Asturias 13 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Basque Country 39 3 8%
Europe / Spain / Basque Country / Donostia-San Sebastian 35 2 6%
Europe / Spain / Basque Country / Vitoria-Gasteiz 4 1 25%
Europe / Spain / Castilla-La Mancha 4 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Castilla-La Mancha / Ciudad Real 4 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Catalunya 35 5 14%
Europe / Spain / Catalunya / Badalona 3 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Catalunya / Mataro 2 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Catalunya / Sant Andreu De Llavaneres 1 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Catalunya / Santa Coloma De Gramenet 2 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Extremadura 4 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Extremadura / Badajoz 4 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Galicia 2 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Galicia / Santiago de Compostela 2 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Madrid 12 1 8%
Europe / Sweden 22 6 27%
Europe / Sweden / Jamtland Harjedalen 1 0 0%
Europe / Sweden / Jonkoping 1 0 0%
Europe / Sweden / Orebro 1 0 0%
Europe / Sweden / Stockholm 16 5 31%
Europe / Sweden / Uppsala 1 0 0%
Europe / Sweden / Vasternorrland 2 1 50%
North America / Canada 225 28 12%
North America / Canada / Alberta 50 6 12%
North America / Canada / British Columbia 35 1 3%
North America / Canada / New Brunswick 1 0 0%
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador 4 2 50%
North America / Canada / Ontario 135 19 14%
North America / Costa Rica 160 20 13%
North America / Costa Rica / Alajuela 41 3 7%
North America / Costa Rica / Cartago 20 2 10%
North America / Costa Rica / DESCONOCIDA 1 0 0%
North America / Costa Rica / Guanacaste 2 0 0%
North America / Costa Rica / Heredia 12 2 17%
North America / Costa Rica / Limon 4 1 25%
North America / Costa Rica / Puntarenas 15 1 7%
North America / Costa Rica / San Jose 58 10 17%
North America / Dominican Republic 29 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Azua 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Distrito Nacional 4 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Duarte 3 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Espaillat 7 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Hato Mayor 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Maria Trinidad Sanchez 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Monsenor Nouel 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Peravia 2 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Samana 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / San Cristobal 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / San Pedro De Macoris 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Santiago 1 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Santo Domingo 4 0 0%
North America / Dominican Republic / Valverde 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala 45 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Alta Verapaz 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Alta Verapaz / San Pedro Carcha 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Chinautla 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Chuarrancho 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Guatemala 9 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Mixco 7 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Quezaltenango 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Quezaltenango / Quetzaltenango 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / San Marcos 2 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / San Marcos / Esquipulas Palo Gordo 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / San Marcos / San Marcos 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / San Pedro Ayampuc 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / San Pedro Sacatepequez 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Santa Rosa 6 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Santa Rosa / Chiquimulilla 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Santa Rosa / Cuilapa 2 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Santa Rosa / Pueblo Nuevo Vinas 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Santa Rosa / San Rafael Las Flores 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Santa Rosa / Santa Cruz Naranjo 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Villa Nueva 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Zacapa 14 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Zacapa / Estanzuela 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Zacapa / Rio Hondo 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Zacapa / San Jorge 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Zacapa / Teculutan 1 0 0%
North America / Guatemala / Zacapa / Zacapa 10 0 0%
North America / Haiti 37 0 0%
North America / Mexico 28 0 0%
North America / Mexico / Mexico City 28 0 0%
North America / Puerto Rico 31 1 3%
North America / USA 793 115 15%
North America / USA / Arizona 34 0 0%
North America / USA / Arizona / Graham 5 0 0%
North America / USA / Arizona / Maricopa 15 0 0%
North America / USA / Arizona / Mohave 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Arizona / Pima 12 0 0%
North America / USA / Arizona / Pinal 1 0 0%
North America / USA / California 352 49 14%
North America / USA / California / Contra Costa 31 4 13%
North America / USA / Florida 10 1 10%
North America / USA / Illinois 9 0 0%
North America / USA / Illinois / Cook County 9 0 0%
North America / USA / Maryland 9 1 11%
North America / USA / Missouri 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Nevada 28 5 18%
North America / USA / Nevada / Clark 21 4 19%
North America / USA / Nevada / Clark County 7 1 14%
North America / USA / New Jersey 43 10 23%
North America / USA / New York 197 25 13%
North America / USA / New York / Allegany County 2 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Chenango 1 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Cortland 2 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Herkimer 1 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Livingston County 3 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Madison 1 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Monroe County 28 2 7%
North America / USA / New York / Nassau County 1 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / New York City 98 5 5%
North America / USA / New York / Onondaga 18 1 6%
North America / USA / New York / Ontario County 3 1 33%
North America / USA / New York / Oswego 1 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Saratoga 1 1 100%
North America / USA / New York / Schenectady 1 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Steuben County 2 0 0%
North America / USA / New York / Wayne County 1 1 100%
North America / USA / New York / Wyoming County 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Oregon 13 1 8%
North America / USA / Oregon / Multnomah County 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Pennsylvania 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Rhode Island 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Texas 15 0 0%
North America / USA / Texas / Dallas 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Texas / Hill 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Texas / Johnson 1 0 0%
North America / USA / Texas / Tarrant 6 0 0%
North America / USA / Vermont 6 0 0%
North America / USA / Virginia 46 20 43%
North America / USA / Washington 18 2 11%
North America / USA / Wisconsin 9 1 11%
North America / USA / Wyoming 1 0 0%
Oceania / Australia 884 84 10%
Oceania / Australia / New South Wales 326 29 9%
Oceania / Australia / New South Wales / Sydney 326 29 9%
Oceania / Australia / Queensland 340 39 11%
Oceania / Australia / South Australia 154 15 10%
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia 64 1 2%
Oceania / Guam 3 0 0%
Oceania / Guam / Yigo 3 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand 143 12 8%
Oceania / New Zealand / Auckland 18 5 28%
Oceania / New Zealand / Bay of Plenty 1 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Canterbury 6 1 17%
Oceania / New Zealand / Capital and Coast 2 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Counties Manukau 27 4 15%
Oceania / New Zealand / Hutt Valley 19 1 5%
Oceania / New Zealand / MidCentral 3 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Nelson Marlborough 10 1 10%
Oceania / New Zealand / Northland 1 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / South Canterbury 1 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Southern 27 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Taranaki 2 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Waikato 22 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Waitemata 1 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / West Coast 3 0 0%
South America / Brazil 176 3 2%
South America / Brazil / Alagoas 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Alagoas / Maceio 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas 99 1 1%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Borba 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Careiro 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Coari 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Itacoatiara 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Manacapuru 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Manaus 21 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Presidente Figueiredo 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Amazonas / Tefe 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Aracaju 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Espirito Santo 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Espirito Santo / Serra 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Espirito Santo / Vitoria 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Federal District 10 1 10%
South America / Brazil / Goias 19 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Anapolis 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Aparecida de Goiania 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Ceres 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Cristalina 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Goiania 5 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Goias 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Inhumas 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Itumbiara 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Morrinhos 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Pirenopolis 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Planaltina 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Porangatu 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Rio Verde 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Sao Luis de Montes Belos 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Goias / Uruacu 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Para 1 1 100%
South America / Brazil / Parana 3 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Parana / Campina Grande do Sul 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Parana / Campo Largo 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Parana / Cianorte 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio de Janeiro 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio de Janeiro / Rio de Janeiro 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio Grande do Norte 10 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio Grande do Norte / Guamare 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio Grande do Norte / Natal 6 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio Grande do Sul 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio Grande do Sul / Campo Bom 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio Grande do Sul / Nao-me-Toque 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rio Grande do Sul / Vacaria 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rondonia 7 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rondonia / Buritis 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rondonia / Candeias do Jamary 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rondonia / Guajara Mirim 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Rondonia / Porto Velho 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Santa Catarina 5 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Santa Catarina / Florianopolis 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Santa Catarina / Joinville 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Santa Catarina / Treze Tilias 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Santa Catarina / Tubarao 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Sao Paulo 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Sao Paulo / Sao Paulo 4 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Sergipe 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Sergipe / Aracaju 1 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Tocantins 3 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Tocantins / Araguaina 2 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Tocantins / Palmas 1 0 0%
South America / Colombia 3 1 33%
South America / Colombia / Valle del Cauca 3 1 33%
South America / Colombia / Valle del Cauca / Cali 3 1 33%
South America / Ecuador 3 0 0%
South America / Ecuador / Esmeraldas 1 0 0%
South America / Ecuador / Imbabura 1 0 0%
South America / Ecuador / Pichincha 1 0 0%

Last Updated: 22 August 2026 12:58 BST — Local:

Table excludes airport surveillance samples from the USA and environmental samples from Germany. There may still be some others in the counts that shouldn't be there.

Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge GISAID and the many data contributors around the world for sharing SARS-CoV-2 sequences.

This analysis makes use of the Nextclade CLI.
Aksamentov, I., Roemer, C., Hodcroft, E. B., & Neher, R. A., (2021). Nextclade: clade assignment, mutation calling and quality control for viral genomes. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(67), 3773, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03773

Special thanks to Josette Schoenmakers ( @josetteschoenma.bsky.social on BlueSky @JosetteSchoenma on Twitter) for the table concepts.