| Weekly totals of variants in Canada (by specimen date) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 51 | 52 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 |
| NB.1.8.1 | 157 | 152 | 169 | 148 | 144 | 27 | – | – |
| XFG | 334 | 270 | 349 | 272 | 192 | 30 | – | – |
| BA.3.2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total | 557 | 449 | 561 | 453 | 359 | 75 | – | – |
| NB.1.8.1 % | 28% | 34% | 30% | 33% | 40% | 36% | – | – |
| XFG % | 60% | 60% | 62% | 60% | 53% | 40% | – | – |
| BA.3.2 % | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | – | – |
Last Updated: 3rd February 2026 21:58 GMT — Local: …
Growth Charts
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.