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UK Covid-19 strain is spreading rapidly throughout the US, study says CNN 2/7/2021 By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN © Centers for Disease Control and Prevention This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A new study finds that cases of a more contagious coronavirus variant are rapidly increasing in the United States, and signi...

The mutant strain, known as B.1.1.7, is more contagious than earlier forms of the coronavirus and may also be more lethal.

“We should vaccinate as fast as we can,” a co-author warns.

The coronavirus variant that shut down much of the United Kingdom is spreading rapidly across the United States, outcompeting other mutant strains and doubling its prevalence among confirmed infections every week and a half.

The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 15.5 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 12.4 % LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 6.4 % LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today's posts include: U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 121,469 U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 91,440 U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 3,912 U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 10.1 % of the population The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases impr...