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What to know in Oklahoma, COVID-19 symptoms

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What to know in Oklahoma, COVID-19 symptoms

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While COVID-19 cases are declining in Oklahoma, virus season is upon us — and this summer saw the highest increase in percent positive COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma since the summer of 2022.

As in recent years, a new COVID-19 variant has emerged.

Here's what you need to know about the most common and newest variant of COVID-19 causing infections.

What is the most common COVID-19 variant?

KP.3.1.1 is still the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States, accounting for nearly 60% of positive cases, but the new XEC variant is not far behind, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show.

The CDC's Nowcast data tracker shows the following strains are in the top 10 most dominant variant shares:

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What you should know about the COVID-19 XEC variant

The CDC is “monitoring the XEC variant,” Rosa Norman, a CDC spokeswoman, told USA TODAY. This variant “is the proposed name of a recombinant or hybrid of the closely related Omicron lineages KS.1.1 and KP.3.3.”

The variant, which first emerged in Berlin in late June, has increasingly seen hundreds of cases in Germany, France, Denmark and the Netherlands, according to a report from Australia-based data integration specialist Mike Honey.

COVID-19 wastewater map

Note: Typically, wastewater data is updated weekly and published data reflects the previous week's results. However, it may take up to five days to a week for results to be posted online. Therefore, the data from October 5th is considered the most recent data.

Here is a map of the states and territories that have reported viral activity levels in wastewater. The data was released on October 10th.

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Are there new COVID-19 symptoms in 2024?

Although a new variant emerged, the CDC said it, like the other variants prevalent in the United States, does not have specific, unique symptoms.

“CDC is not aware of any new or unusual symptoms associated with XEC or any other co-circulating lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19,” Norman told USA Today.

What are COVID-19 symptoms?

Symptoms of COVID-19 include:

  • Fever or chills
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
  • fatigue
  • Muscle or body pain
  • Headache
  • Loss of taste or smell
  • Sore throat
  • Stuffy or runny nose
  • Nausea or vomiting
  • Diarrhea

The CDC said people should see a doctor if they have the following symptoms:

  • Difficulty breathing
  • Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
  • New confusion
  • Inability to wake up or stay awake
  • Pale, gray or blue skin, lips or nail beds

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