Washington, Jan 5 : Four US states — New York, Colorado, California, Florida — have reported cases of the new and more transmissible Covid-19 variant, which was first discovered in Britain last month.
The latest case was discovered in New York state on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
In a statement, Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed that the infected person in his 60s is from Saratoga County and had no known travel history.
“He was symptomatic, but he is on the mend, and he’s doing better. He did not travel recently, so this suggests that it’s in the community, it was community spread as opposed to having travelled to the UK,” the Governor added.
In Florida, a case was detected on December 31, 2020, while California registered one a day earlier.
Last last month, Colorado became the first US state to report a case with the new Covid-19 strain, which was detected in a man in his 20s who also did not have any recent travel history.
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