CDC Data Indicate KP.3 COVID-19 Variant Rising To Dominance In US

USA Today (6/8, Forbes) reported, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows that a new COVID variant, the KP.3 variant, is rising to dominance across the United States.” Over “the two-week period starting on May 26 and ending on June 8, the government agency data shows that KP.3 accounts for 25% of COVID cases in the U.S. and is now the dominant variant,” knocking “down previous frontrunner, the JN.1 variant, which spread globally last winter, and now makes up 22.5% of cases.”