A new COVID-19 surge is underway, with seasonal changes and new variants fueling an increase in hospitalizations and deaths.
, named Eris, has become dominant in the United States amid signs that an even more highly evolved COVID variant called BA.2.86 is starting to spread across America.
There were 12,613 hospital admissions for COVID-19 between Aug. 6 and 12, a 21.6% increase in the most recent week, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Further, about 1.7% of COVID-19 infections the week of Aug. 19 resulted in death, a 21.4% increase over the prior week.Dr. Amesh Adalja"This uptick happens every summer and may have to do with people moving indoors to avoid heat, where transmission is more efficient," Adalja said.
Like earlier omicron strains, the Eris variant is quite contagious, Schaffner said. But it also doesn't appear to produce severe illness, and it also is hampered by the immunity people have gained from vaccines. The concern is that BA.2.86 has more than 30 gene changes compared to its ancestor BA.2. That could mean that the virus has found a way to evolve around immune protections to either become more contagious or cause more"There will always be new variants emerging—that's how evolution works in an efficiently spreading respiratory virus," Adalja said.
Luckily, a new vaccine booster will be available by the fall, along with an announcement of who should get it, experts said. "Many other people might choose to be cautious now and when the booster becomes available, take advantage of it," Schaffner added."But that has a lot to do with how prevention-oriented you are."
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