
The omicron subvariant JN.1 has been identified in at least 37 states and the District of Columbia as of Dec. 18, according to outbreak.info, a platform that tracks data on COVID-19 variants and is supported by the CDC and other national research groups.
JN.1 is now dominant in the U.S., though the CDC said there is no evidence the subvariant presents a higher public health risk than other circulating variants. Nationwide, the subvariant accounts for an estimated 44% of COVID-19 cases, up from just 7.5% in the two-week period ending Nov. 25, CDC data shows.
The subvariant’s cumulative prevalence — which represents a ratio of sequences containing JN.1 to all sequences collected in the U.S. since the subvariant wasfirst detected Sept. 14 — is 2%, according to outbreak.info.
Below is a breakdown of JN.1 prevalence by state, based on the most recent data available from outbreak.info. As COVID-19 sequencing is not a random sample of mutations, the data represents outbreak.info’s best estimates of the subvariant’s prevalence, as opposed to true prevalence.
Note: Becker’s calculated each state’s estimated cumulative JN.1 presence using sequencing data from outbreak.info. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousands.
State
|
JN.1 positive samples
|
Total sequences sampled
|
Estimated cumulative prevalence (%)
|
Arkansas
|
2
|
8
|
0.25
|
District of Columbia
|
1
|
5
|
0.2
|
Massachusetts
|
10
|
63
|
0.16
|
Iowa
|
64
|
418
|
0.15
|
New York
|
287
|
2094
|
0.14
|
Florida
|
17
|
134
|
0.13
|
New Jersey
|
83
|
769
|
0.11
|
Nevada
|
18
|
170
|
0.11
|
New Hampshire
|
1
|
11
|
0.09
|
Washington
|
14
|
163
|
0.09
|
Kentucky
|
2
|
29
|
0.07
|
Maryland
|
8
|
118
|
0.07
|
Illinois
|
36
|
581
|
0.06
|
Virginia
|
31
|
512
|
0.06
|
Wyoming
|
3
|
50
|
0.06
|
Pennsylvania
|
15
|
277
|
0.05
|
Delaware
|
9
|
170
|
0.05
|
Montana
|
1
|
22
|
0.05
|
Arizona
|
24
|
534
|
0.04
|
Georgia
|
3
|
71
|
0.04
|
California
|
70
|
2,113
|
0.03
|
North Dakota
|
1
|
32
|
0.03
|
Utah
|
18
|
600
|
0.03
|
South Carolina
|
1
|
39
|
0.03
|
North Carolina
|
5
|
196
|
0.03
|
Connecticut
|
2
|
80
|
0.03
|
South Dakota
|
2
|
82
|
0.02
|
Texas
|
10
|
410
|
0.02
|
Indiana
|
1
|
42
|
0.02
|
Minnesota
|
24
|
1,144
|
0.02
|
Michigan
|
1
|
54
|
0.02
|
Colorado
|
7
|
418
|
0.02
|
Oregon
|
1
|
60
|
0.02
|
Ohio
|
2
|
122
|
0.02
|
Rhode Island
|
1
|
69
|
0.01
|
Hawaii
|
1
|
86
|
0.01
|
New Mexico
|
1
|
129
|
0.01
|
Louisiana
|
1
|
168
|
0.01
|