| Weekly totals of variants in Australia (by specimen date) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| NB.1.8.1 | 21 | 25 | 45 | 48 | 31 | 22 | – | – |
| Total | 48 | 62 | 81 | 91 | 49 | 32 | – | – |
| NB.1.8.1 % | 44% | 40% | 56% | 53% | 63% | 69% | – | – |
Last Updated: 18th May 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.