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Covid-19: Here Are Symptoms For New Eris Subvariant Now Making Up Most US Cases

A rundown of symptoms for a new highly-transmissible COVID-19 subvariant has emerged as the number of hospitalizations in the United States has climbed again according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A rundown of symptoms for a new COVID-19 subvariant has emerged as the number of hospitalizations in the United States has climbed again according to new data from the CDC.

A rundown of symptoms for a new COVID-19 subvariant has emerged as the number of hospitalizations in the United States has climbed again according to new data from the CDC.

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There were 10,320 hospitalizations for the week ending Saturday, Aug. 5, an increase of 14.3 percent from the 9,026 the week earlier.

With testing for the virus now at a low level, hospitalizations are the key metric for determining upticks in cases.

The new subvariant known as Eris, whose official name is EG.5, is now causing most cases nationwide, just ahead of the XBB.1.16 strain known as Arcturus, according to estimates by the CDC.

Arcturus was first identified in the winter. Eris began circulating in the spring.

Symptoms reported for Eris include:

  • Runny nose
  • Sneezing
  • Cough
  • Nausea
  • Sore throat
  • Fatigue
  • Headache
  • Muscle aches
  • Changes to or loss of sense of smell
  • Changes to or loss of sense of taste

Both Eris and Arcturus are offshoots of the highly contagious Omicron strain.

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