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The Triad is being advised by local infectious diseases experts to brace for another highly contagious COVID-19 omicron subvariant, this time the XBB and XBB 1.5 versions.

The Triad is being advised by local infectious diseases experts to brace for another highly contagious COVID-19 omicron subvariant, this time the XBB and XBB 1.5 versions.

Dr. Ohl with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist says XBB1.5 is the most transmissible COVID variant he has seen throughout the entire pandemic.

Forsyth County has been joined by most of the Triad and most of North Carolina in the high category for COVID-19 community spread, according to the latest update from the

Dr. Ohl of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist says the rise in cases is now resulting in another wave of the COVID-19 virus.

It's a mutation of two viruses. The mutation allows for the virus to attach better to the receptors in the back of the nose and throat.

2022 became the year of learning to live with COVID-19, its persistent subvariants and its frustrating tendency to resurge after declines.

Forsyth County has been shifted to the high category for COVID-19 community spread for the first time since early October, according to Thursdays update from the federal Centers for Disease

Forsyth County remains in the medium category for COVID-19 community spread, while four Triad and Northwest North Carolina counties are four of the five statewide in the high category.

Forsyth County had three additional COVID-19 related deaths last week, along with reaching a nearly three-month high in new weekly case count, according to the N.C. Department of Health and