| Weekly totals of variants in United Kingdom | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| XFG | 138 | 193 | 236 | 200 | 110 | 25 | – | – |
| NB.1.8.1 | 50 | 57 | 57 | 40 | 33 | – | – | – |
| Total | 231 | 297 | 332 | 280 | 155 | 29 | – | – |
| XFG % | 60% | 65% | 71% | 71% | 71% | 86% | – | – |
| NB.1.8.1 % | 22% | 19% | 17% | 14% | 21% | 0% | – | – |
Last Updated: 8th September 2025 22:44 BST — Local: …
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.