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Free COVID tests return as this variant now accounts for nearly 60% of cases

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Nearly 60% of positive infections in the United States are from the COVID-19 variant KP.3.1, the latest projections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show.

The CDC 's Nowcast data tracker shows that the KP.1.1 variant is very similar to other circulating variants.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that households across the nation can obtain four free COVID.19 tests.

CDC data shows COVID-19 test positivity rate was recorded at 11.6% from Sept. 15 to Sept. 21 , an absolute change of -1.8% from the prior week .

CDC has not said if the different variants have their own specific symptoms.

Symptoms can appear between two and 14 days after exposure to the virus.