SARS-CoV-2 variants for Australia

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

https://preview.redd.it/1ijxe8npbvie1.png?width=2312&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b0d044fef85266efd054d12aa96623f3c28eec5

XEC.* continues to dominate, at around 63%.

The new LP.8.1.* variants are still below 10%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.

https://preview.redd.it/yvxzxbprbvie1.png?width=2283&format=png&auto=webp&s=554381c0de164f31f68438d488f729736e71e5b6

For Australia, LP.8.1.* variants showed a marginal growth advantage of 0.8% per day (6% per week) over the dominant XEC.* variants. Any crossover looks distant, perhaps March or April.

Report link:

https://mike-honey.github.io/covid-19-genomes/output/Coronavirus%20-%20Genomic%20Sequencing%20-%20report%20Australia.pdf