Sequences (COVID)

The sequence for the case below has not been released. The UNK number will be updated upon release. TX-CDC-STM-UNK892/2020 Fort Bend Texas A confirmed case of the South African COVID variant has been found for the first time in the Houston area. The Fort Bend County patient has since recovered after catching the virus in December. He had traveled within the U.S. before returning to his home in Fort Bend County.

Sequences described below have not been released. The CDC B.1.1.7 total for Florida is now 343, and increase of 156 in the past two days. The UNK numbers below will be updated when sequences are released. USA/FL-BPHL-UNK625/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK626/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK627/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK628/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK629/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK630/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK631/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK632/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK633/2021 Coral Gables Florida USA/FL-BPHL-UNK634/2021 Coral Gables Flor…

Tampa General Hospital Esoteric Lab has released (at GISAID) two UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequences collected Jan 28 USA/FL-TGH-0002/2021 1/28 Florida USA/FL-TGH-0001/2021 1/28 Florida

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has released (at GISAID) 12 UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequences collected Jan 18-Feb 2 USA/CO-CDPHE-2100243075/2021 1/20 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100261000/2021 1/21 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100280261B/2021 1/26 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100291324/2021 1/27 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100311706/2021 2/1 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100311664/2021 2/1 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100348942/2021 2/2 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100290548/2021 1/28 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100311674/2021 2/1 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100349562/2021 2/2 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100243391/2021 1/18 Colorado USA/CO-CDPHE-2100244940/2021 1/20 Colorado

Minnesota Department of Health has released (at GISAID) 24 UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequences collected Jan 3-Feb 1 USA/MN-MDH-2710/2021 1/12 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2702/2021 1/26 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2707/2021 1/27 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2705/2021 1/27 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2709/2021 1/27 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2708/2021 1/28 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2706/2021 1/28 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2704/2021 1/28 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2711/2021 1/29 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2690/2021 1/29 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2686/2021 1/29 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2685/2021 1/29 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2712/2021 1/29 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2692/2021 1/29 Minnesota USA/MN-MDH-2695/2021 1/29 Minne…

CDC has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected Jan 16 USA/MN-CDC-STM-000003080/2021 1/16 32F Minnesota

Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Communicable Disease Division has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequences collected Jan 30 in Eau Claire County USA/WI-WSLH-210992/2021 1/30 Eau Claire County Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Communicable Disease Division has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequences collected Jan 20 in Milwaukee County USA/WI-WSLH-210120/2021 1/20 Milwaukee County Wisconsin

Sequences for the cases below will be assigned UNK which will be updated when sequences are released Canada/AB-PHL-UNK651/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK652/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK653/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK654/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK655/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK656/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK657/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK658/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK659/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK660/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK661/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK662/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PHL-UNK663/2021 Alberta Canada Canada/AB-PH…

The sequence for the case below has not been released. The UNK number will be updated upon release. PA-CDC-STM-UNK650/2021 Allegheny County Pennsylvania The first and only confirmed case of the UK variant of COVID-19 has been found in Allegheny County, health director Dr. Debra Bogen announced Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Bogen suspects that the variant “has been present in the county for a while. She also said that having a confirmed case of the variant reinforces the county’s need to “double down” on mitigation efforts. Contact tracing was completed for the person who tested positive with the variant, and it was found that they do not know how the…

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected Jan 30 in Milton Keynes England/MILK-11EF953/2021 1/30 Milton Keynes England

The sequence for the seventh B.1.351 variant in Maryland has not been released. the assigned UNK number will be updated upon release. MD-CDC-STM-UNK649/2021 Maryland USA/MD-MDH-0862/2021 2/3 Maryland 1 to 100 22 0 7 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html

The sequences below have not been released. The UNK number will be updated upon release. CA-CDC-STM-UNK648/2021 Alameda County California scientists at Stanford University had detected what has become known as the South African strain of coronavirus, the B.1.351 variant, in Santa Clara County and Alameda County. One case was found in each county. https://www.marinij.com/2021/02/11/southern-california-coronavirus-variant-detected-in-marin/

The sequences below have not been released. The UNK number will be updated upon release. CA-CDC-STM-UNK647/2021 Santa Clara County California scientists at Stanford University had detected what has become known as the South African strain of coronavirus, the B.1.351 variant, in Santa Clara County and Alameda County. One case was found in each county. https://www.marinij.com/2021/02/11/southern-california-coronavirus-variant-detected-in-marin/

The sequence linked to the case below has not been released. The assigned UNK number will be updated upon release. NC-CDC-STM-UNK646/2021 North Carolina NC-CDC-LC0010422/2021 1/26 North Carolina North Carolina has its first confirmed case of the B.1.351 coronavirus variant originally detected in South Africa. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says the case was identified in an adult "in the central part of the state who had not recently traveled." Officials say no further information will be released due to privacy reasons. The state is the fourth in the country to report a case of B.1.351; it has been identified in South…

The sequence described below has not been released. It will be assigned a UNK number which will be updated upon release. IL-CDC-STM-UNK645/2021 Rock Island Illinois Illinois reported the first case of the South African COVID-19 variant Thursday, health officials announced. The Illinois Department of Public Health said the first case of the coronavirus variant B.1.351, first identified in South Africa, has been found in the state. The confirmed variant was located in a Rock Island resident, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. “We expected to see more cases of variants detected in Illinois, including the B.1.351 strain…

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected Jan 29 in Alderley Park England/ALDP-11BE8D8/2021 1/29 Alderley Park England

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) a UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected Jan 27 in Milton Keynes England/MILK-11C1BD9/2021 1/27 Milton Keynes England

Sequences for the cases below have not been released. The assigned UNK number will be updated upon release DC-CDC-STM-UNK642/2021 Washington District of Columbia DC-CDC-STM-UNK643/2021 Washington District of Columbia DC-CDC-STM-UNK644/2021 Washington District of Columbia Coronavirus variants first found in the UK and South Africa have been detected in Washington D.C., the district’s health director LaQuandra Nesbitt said Thursday. The UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, was found in three people and the South Africa variant, B.1.351, in one person, she said during a news conference. "Every positive test is not sequenced to be detected for variants only…

Sequences for the cases below have not been released. The assigned UNK number will be updated upon release DC-CDC-STM-UNK641/2021 Washington District of Columbia Coronavirus variants first found in the UK and South Africa have been detected in Washington D.C., the district’s health director LaQuandra Nesbitt said Thursday. The UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, was found in three people and the South Africa variant, B.1.351, in one person, she said during a news conference. "Every positive test is not sequenced to be detected for variants only a sampling of cases are sequenced for variants," said Nesbitt. "Not every one of those positive cas…

The sequences for the two cases described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers which will be updated when released. PA-CDC-STM-UNK639/2021 Philadelphia Pennsylvania PA-CDC-STM-UNK640/2021 Philadelphia Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania is confirming two students have tested positive for the United Kingdom COVID-19 strain. Their cases are linked to travel from the U.K., according to the Daily Pennsylvanian, that says, overall, COVID-19 cases at the university have doubled for the second week in a row with students now back on campus. “It seems clear that virus is more transmissible,” said Scott Hensley, wi…

Sequences from the four cases described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers and updated when released. PA-CDC-STM-UNK635/2021 Montgomery County Pennsylvania PA-CDC-STM-UNK636/2021 Montgomery County Pennsylvania PA-CDC-STM-UNK637/2021 Montgomery County Pennsylvania PA-CDC-STM-UNK638/2021 Montgomery County Pennsylvania Montgomery County is reporting four cases of the COVID U.K. Variant, which is more contagious than the original strain. The individuals all had mild cases and no history of travel. Contact tracing shows the mutation appears to be spreading. “We have confirmed additional cases linked to some of thes…

McMaster University has released (at GISAID) 4 UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequences sans Y144del collected Jan 19-27 in Toronto Canada/ON-S2513/2021 1/27 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2421/2021 1/23 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2124/2021 1/19 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2122/2021 1/13 Toronto Ontario Canada

McMaster University has released (at GISAID) 24 UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected Jan 19-27 in Toronto Canada/ON-S2512/2021 1/27 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2511/2021 1/27 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2510/2021 1/27 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2506/2021 1/27 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2505/2021 1/27 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2503/2021 1/27 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2495/2021 1/20 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2490/2021 1/20 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2489/2021 1/20 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2488/2021 1/20 Toronto Ontario Canada Canada/ON-S2487/2021 1/23 Toronto Ontario Canada Canad…

Public Health Ontario Laboratory has released (at GISAID) seven UK variant (B.1.1.7) sequence collected in Jan Canada/ON-PHL-21-00561/2021 1 70-74F Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-21-00810/2021 1 40-44F Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-21-00813/2021 1 45-49F Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-21-00643/2021 1 70-74F Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-21-00552/2021 1 30-34M Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-21-00554/2021 1 25-29M Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-21-00553/2021 1 60-64F Ontario Canada