Published February 11, 2021 •
Updated on February 11, 2021 at 8:51 pm
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Efforts to immunize as many people as possible are underway in most states, and many key indicators show signs of improvement since the deadly winter surge, however deaths continue to mount across the country.
California edged past New York with the most death from the coronavirus. California’s death toll reached 45,496, surpassing New York’s toll of 45,312 on Thursday.
Elsewhere, the variant of the coronavirus that first emerged in the U.K., and has since been identified in over 50 countries, could become the dominant form of the virus worldwide, according to the head of the U.K.’s genetic surveillance program.
A variant of the coronavirus that first emerged in the U.K. could become the dominant form worldwide, the head of the U.K.’s virus surveillance program says.
After months of preparation, Maine well positioned to find cases of COVID-19 variants
The state partnered early with the world-renowned Jackson Laboratory to conduct genomic sequencing, which detects variants of the coronavirus.
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Advanced planning and a partnership with a world-renowned genetics lab put Maine in an enviable position to quickly detect when new and more contagious COVID-19 variants arrive.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday the state’s first case of the B.1.1.7 variant that was first detected in the United Kingdom, making Maine the 35th state to report a positive case of the variant.