Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the omicron variant of the coronavirus now accounts for 99.9% of new COVID-19 cases.
The delta variant – which spiked last summer but was not as transmissible – now makes up just 0.1% of that number.
According to data from the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, the U.S. saw 429,510 new cases in the past day and 2,911 new deaths.
While cases numbers are down from the variant of concern’s peak in certain states earlier this month, deaths have reached the highest level since early last year.
