Sequences (COVID)

Instituto Adolfo Lutz has released (at GISAID) two P.1 (Brazil) variant sequences collected on Jan 19-22 in Sao Paulo. Brazil/SP-1050/2021 1/22 37M Sao Paulo Brazil Brazil/SP-1046/2021 1/19 55M Sao Paulo Brazil

Instituto Adolfo Lutz has released (at GISAID) a P.1 (Brazil) variant sequence collected on Jan 19 in Sumare . Brazil/SP-1044/2021 1/19 39F Sao Paulo Sumare Brazil

Instituto Adolfo Lutz has released (at GISAID) a P.1 (Brazil) variant sequence collected on Jan 20 in Guarulhos. Brazil/SP-1052/2021 1/20 38M Sao Paulo Guarulhos Brazil

BCSIR has released (at GISAID) a 501.v2 (B.1.351) variant sequence collected on Jan 24 in Dhaka Bangladesh/BCSIR-NILMRC-448/2021 1/24 58F Dhaka

Instituto Nacional de Salud Perú has released (at GISAID) a P.1 (Brazil) variant sequence collected on Jan 28 in Lima. Peru/LIM-INS-175/2021 1/28 57M Lima ex-Caballococha

The sequences for the cases below have not been released. One has been assigned a UNK number, which will be updated upon release Canada/ON-PHL-UNK491/2021 Toronto Ontario Canada In addition to the suspected variant cases at Baycrest Hospital, Toronto Public Health said that one other case has also screened positive for a variant of concern at Elm Grove Living Centre near Queen and Dufferin streets in recent days. They say that the case “has no travel history and has not had contact with anyone who has travelled recently.” There are currently three positive COVID-19 cases involving residents Elm Grove Living Centre and eight involving staff memb…

Sequences for the four variants described below have not been released, they will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release. Canada/ON-PHL-UNK487/2021 North York Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-UNK488/2021 North York Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-UNK489/2021 North York Ontario Canada Canada/ON-PHL-UNK490/2021 North York Ontario Canada Four cases of COVID-19 at a geriatric hospital in North York have screened positive for a COVID-19 variant. Toronto Public Health issued a news release on Friday afternoon, confirming that the specimens from Baycrest Hospital did screen positive “for a mutation associated with variants of concern” and are …

RIVM has released (at GISAID) 2 P.1 (Brazil) variant sequences collected on Jan 25 in Noord-Holland Netherlands/NH-RIVM-10916/2021 1/25 31 Noord-Holland Netherlands/NH-RIVM-10915/2021 1/25 37 Noord-Holland

RIVM has released (at GISAID) a B.1.1.7 variant sequence collected on Jan 9 in Friesland Netherlands/FR-RIVM-11229/2021 1/9 81 Friesland

Sequences from at least six of the samples described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release. USA/IL-CDC-UNK446/2021 Cook County Illinois The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in samples of COVID-19 positive tests taken outside of Chicago and suburban Cook County for the first time, according to Melaney Arnold, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The variant was discovered in cases from Cook, Champaign, McLean, Peoria, DeWitt-Piatt, and Vermilion counties, said Arnold, who did not respond to a follow-up question from WTTW News about where each of the eight new case…

Sequences from at least six of the samples described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release. USA/IL-CDC-UNK445/2021 Vermilion County Illinois The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in samples of COVID-19 positive tests taken outside of Chicago and suburban Cook County for the first time, according to Melaney Arnold, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The variant was discovered in cases from Cook, Champaign, McLean, Peoria, DeWitt-Piatt, and Vermilion counties, said Arnold, who did not respond to a follow-up question from WTTW News about where each of the eight new…

Sequences from at least six of the samples described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release. USA/IL-CDC-UNK444/2021 Dewitt-Piatt County Illinois The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in samples of COVID-19 positive tests taken outside of Chicago and suburban Cook County for the first time, according to Melaney Arnold, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The variant was discovered in cases from Cook, Champaign, McLean, Peoria, DeWitt-Piatt, and Vermilion counties, said Arnold, who did not respond to a follow-up question from WTTW News about where each of the eight …

Sequences from at least six of the samples described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release. USA/IL-CDC-UNK443/2021 Peoria County Illinois The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in samples of COVID-19 positive tests taken outside of Chicago and suburban Cook County for the first time, according to Melaney Arnold, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The variant was discovered in cases from Cook, Champaign, McLean, Peoria, DeWitt-Piatt, and Vermilion counties, said Arnold, who did not respond to a follow-up question from WTTW News about where each of the eight new ca…

Sequences from at least six of the samples described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release. USA/IL-CDC-UNK442/2021 McLean County Illinois The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in samples of COVID-19 positive tests taken outside of Chicago and suburban Cook County for the first time, according to Melaney Arnold, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The variant was discovered in cases from Cook, Champaign, McLean, Peoria, DeWitt-Piatt, and Vermilion counties, said Arnold, who did not respond to a follow-up question from WTTW News about where each of the eight new ca…

Sequences from at least six of the samples described below have not been released. They will be assigned UNK numbers, which will be updated upon release. USA/IL-CDC-UNK441/2021 Champaign County Illinois The variant, known as B.1.1.7, was identified in samples of COVID-19 positive tests taken outside of Chicago and suburban Cook County for the first time, according to Melaney Arnold, a spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Public Health. The variant was discovered in cases from Cook, Champaign, McLean, Peoria, DeWitt-Piatt, and Vermilion counties, said Arnold, who did not respond to a follow-up question from WTTW News about where each of the eight new…

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) a B.1.1.7 variant sequence collected on Jan 24 in Cambridge England/CAMC-115EB77/2021 1/24 Cambridge England

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) a B.1.1.7 variant sequence collected on Jan 25 in Milton Keynes England/MILK-116C1FC/2021 1/25 Milton Keynes England

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) a B.1.1.7 variant sequence collected on Jan 22 in Milton Keynes with E484K and 6 dels (3 matching B.1.1.7 and 3 matching B.1.351) England/MILK-11539A5/2021 1/22 Milton Keynes England

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) two B.1.1.7 variant sequences collected on Jan 25 in Alderley Park England/ALDP-1170104/2021 1/25 Alderley Park England England/ALDP-1182345/2021 1/25 Alderley Park England

COG-UK has released (at GISAID) a B.1.1.7 variant sequences collected on Jan in Portsmouth England/PORT-2E12EF/2021 Portsmouth

Grubaugh Lab has released (at GISAID) six B.1.1.7 variant sequences collected Jan 6 USA/NY-Yale-S224/2021 1/6 New York

Grubaugh Lab has released (at GISAID) six B.1.1.7 variant sequences collected Jan 18-23 USA/NJ-Yale-S242/2021 1/23 New Jersey USA/NJ-Yale-S241/2021 1/21 New Jersey USA/NJ-Yale-S239/2021 1/21 New Jersey USA/NJ-Yale-S235/2021 1/18 New Jersey USA/NJ-Yale-S234/2021 1/19 New Jersey USA/NJ-Yale-S233/2021 1/19 New Jersey USA/NJ-Yale-S230/2021 1/18 New Jersey

Grubaugh Lab has released (at GISAID) two B.1.1.7 variant sequences collected in Jan 2-25 USA/IL-Yale-S247/2021 1/25 Illinois USA/IL-Yale-S229/2021 1/2 Illinois

Grubaugh Lab has released (at GISAID) six B.1.1.7 variant sequences collected in Jan 26-27 USA/CT-Yale-S255/2021 1/27 Connecticut USA/CT-Yale-S254/2021 1/27 Connecticut USA/CT-Yale-S253/2021 1/27 Connecticut USA/CT-Yale-S252/2021 1/27 Connecticut USA/CT-Yale-S250/2021 1/26 Connecticut USA/CT-Yale-S249/2021 1/26 Connecticut

MD PHL has released (at GISAID) four B.1.1.7 variant sequences collected in Jan 20-22 USA/MD-MDH-0751/2021 1/22 Maryland USA/MD-MDH-0750/2021 1/22 Maryland USA/MD-MDH-0749/2021 1/21 Maryland USA/MD-MDH-0745/2021 1/20 Maryland