| Weekly totals of variants in USA (by specimen date) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| BA.2.86 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 12 | – | – |
| Total | 48 | 44 | 58 | 131 | 104 | 69 | 5 | – |
| BA.2.86 % | 23% | 7% | 26% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 0% | – |
Last Updated: 8th August 2026 06:58 BST — 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.