COVID Variant NB.1.8.1 Now Driving 37 Percent of Cases in US, Says CDC

Currently, CDC figures show that COVID-19 activity across the United States is ’very low.’

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, blue/pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. NIAID-RML/AP/The Canadian Press

A COVID-19 variant that emerged earlier this year in mainland China is now driving an estimated 37 percent of virus cases in the United States, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.

The NB.1.8.1 variant appears to be driving a significant number of COVID-19 cases in China, and instances of the virus were up by 160 percent last month, according to official data from the Chinese regime. Now, U.S. health data show that it is on the rise in the United States.