COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are still elevated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, with the new JN.1 variant accounting for a majority of cases.
There were more than 32,860 COVID-19 hospital admissions in the second week of January, although weekly hospitalizations declined by 9.6%, according to CDC data.
JN.1, a variant of the Omicron strain, accounts for 85.7% of cases in the U.S., rising from about 60% in early January. However, the CDC has seen no evidence that it causes more severe disease than other variants.