Samples since 20th August 2026

Region Total NB.1.8.1 % XFG % BA.3.2 %
Asia / Hong Kong 2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0%
Asia / Singapore 28 24 86% 0 0% 0 0%
Europe / Ireland 6 0 0% 5 83% 0 0%
Europe / Ireland / Dublin 2 0 0% 1 50% 0 0%
Europe / Ireland / Galway 4 0 0% 4 100% 0 0%
Europe / Slovenia 2 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Europe / Spain 48 0 0% 37 77% 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Asturias 7 0 0% 3 43% 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Basque Country 37 0 0% 30 81% 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Basque Country / Donostia-San Sebastian 32 0 0% 25 78% 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Basque Country / Vitoria-Gasteiz 5 0 0% 5 100% 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Extremadura 4 0 0% 4 100% 0 0%
Europe / Spain / Extremadura / Badajoz 4 0 0% 4 100% 0 0%
North America / USA 6 1 17% 3 50% 1 17%
North America / USA / California 1 0 0% 1 100% 0 0%
North America / USA / Florida 1 0 0% 1 100% 0 0%
North America / USA / New Jersey 1 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
North America / USA / Virginia 2 1 50% 0 0% 1 50%
North America / USA / Washington 1 0 0% 1 100% 0 0%
Oceania / Australia 40 31 78% 0 0% 7 18%
Oceania / Australia / New South Wales 12 12 100% 0 0% 0 0%
Oceania / Australia / New South Wales / Sydney 12 12 100% 0 0% 0 0%
Oceania / Australia / South Australia 26 17 65% 0 0% 7 27%
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia 2 2 100% 0 0% 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand 17 9 53% 2 12% 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Auckland 6 2 33% 1 17% 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Canterbury 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Counties Manukau 3 1 33% 0 0% 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Hutt Valley 1 0 0% 1 100% 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Northland 1 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Oceania / New Zealand / Waikato 5 5 100% 0 0% 0 0%
South America / Brazil 3 0 0% 2 67% 0 0%
South America / Brazil / Federal District 3 0 0% 2 67% 0 0%

Last Updated: 8 September 2026 15:58 BST — Local:

Table excludes airport surveillance samples from the USA and environmental samples from Germany. There may still be some others in the counts that shouldn't be there.

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.