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Monthly Yearly State passes 7 million COVID tests, but even as testing slows, the number of variant cases rises Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org Julyssa Colon, a nurse with Optimus Health Care, adjusts her PPE before administering a test for COVID-19 at a mobile test site in the parking lot of the Russell Temple Church in Bridgeport on June 30, 2020. The state quietly passed a milestone this week, recording its 7 millionth COVID-19 test, but even as the pace of testing has slowed, laboratory data suggest that the number of cases that could be caused by the B.1.1.7 variant is rising sharply. The n...

Data: Up to 40% of CT COVID cases could have UK strain Dave Altimari, CTMirror.org FacebookTwitterEmail As Connecticut recorded its 7 millionth COVID test this week, lab data suggests the number of cases caused by the UK variant could be rapidly rising.Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media The state quietly passed a milestone this week, recording its 7 millionth COVID-19 test, but even as the pace of testing has slowed, laboratory data suggest that the number of cases that could be caused by the B.1.1.7 variant is rising sharply. The new data released late Thursday by Dr. Nathan Grubaugh...