The EG.5 omicron subvariant is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the U.S., according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In projected estimates of variant proportions for July 23 through Aug. 5, the agency said EG.5 accounts for 17.3% of coronavirus infections across the country.
In the July 9-22 weeks, the CDC said EG.5 accounted for 11.9% of the total.
The omicron strain XBB.1.16 was the second most prevalent, with 15.6% for the most recent estimates.
