Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, is estimated to account for 27.6% of COVID-19 cases in the United States for the week ending Jan. 7, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday.
The subvariant accounted for 18.3% of cases in the week ended Dec. 31.
(Reporting by Leroy Leo and Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
