Here's the latest variant picture for New South Wales, Australia.

XBB.1.9.* "Hyperion" (29%) and XBB.1.16.* "Arcturus" (28%) are the leading variants in a messy soup.

Among the individual lineages, there was recent growth in XBB.1.16.2 (11%).

The mix of very different variants poses a raised immediate re-infection risk for anyone relying on natural immunity from a recent infection.

The sample volumes seem representative up to July 4.

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Interactive genomic sequencing dataviz, code, acknowledgements and more info here:
https://github.com/Mike-Honey/covid-19-genomes#readme