| Weekly totals of variants in Canada (by specimen date) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| NB.1.8.1 | 214 | 166 | 162 | 47 | 4 | – | – | – |
| XFG | 314 | 243 | 162 | 79 | 22 | – | – | – |
| BA.3.2 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total | 589 | 464 | 360 | 141 | 27 | – | – | – |
| NB.1.8.1 % | 36% | 36% | 45% | 33% | 15% | – | – | – |
| XFG % | 53% | 52% | 45% | 56% | 81% | – | – | – |
| BA.3.2 % | 4% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 4% | – | – | – |
Last Updated: 7th April 2026 12:58 BST — Local: …
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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.