The CDC said that there was a wide predictive interval posted in last week's chart because of the speed at which Omicron was increasing. There was a reduced proportion of Omicron because there was more data coming in.
The White House didn't reply immediately.
The CDC's revised model has a lower confidence range for Omicron's prevalence. The Delta variant is still the most common type of U.S. infections, according to the agency. The model is updated weekly by the CDC.
If the CDC's new estimate of Omicron prevalence is precise, it suggests that a good portion of the current hospitalizations we're seeing from Covid may still be driven by Delta infections.
More than 206,000 daily Covid-19 infections have been recorded in the U.S. According to the Transportation Security Administration, more than 2 million people flew yesterday.
Reed said that the proportion of Omicron is still increasing.
