Sequences (COVID)

Sheba Medical Center has released (at GISAID) 9 sequences from patients in Israel. All 9 were the Italian lineage (clade G).

VECTOR has released 66 sequences (at GISAID) from VERO isolates from patients throughout Russia. 62 were the Italian lineage (G clade).

LSUHS released 11 SARS CoV2 sequences (at GISAID) from recent Louisiana patients (collection dates between 4/9-4/15). All 11 were the Italian lineage. The new sequences increase the public sequences to 14 and all are the Italian lineage.

Johns Hopkins has released (at GISAID) 16 SARS CoV2 sequences from Maryland patients. 14 were the Italian lineage, increasing the frequency of the Italian lineage in Maryland patients to 16/18.

Yale has released a series (at GISAID) of SARS CoV2 sequences from Connecticut patients, which included 24 with collection dates in April. 22 of the April (collected between 4/1-4/11) sequences were the Italian lineage.

Laboratorio de Virología del Hospital de Niños in Buenos Aires has released (at GISAID) 27 SARS CoV2 sequences from patients in Argentina. All were the Italian lineage.

Russia's WHO National Influenza Centre has released (at GISAID) 45 recent (collected between 4/7-4/15) sequences from St Petersburg patients. All were the Italian lineage.

University of Washington has released (at GISAID) 5 recent collections (between 4/6-4/7) and NY Langone released one (collected on 4/10). All six were the Italian lineage.

NYU Langone released (at GISAID) 6 recent (collected between 4/2-4/13) sequences from patients in New Jersey. All six were the Italian lineage, increasing the frequency of the Italian lineage in New Jersey sequences to 12/13.

The Mason Lab at Weill Cornell Medicine release 93 sequences (at GISAID) collected between 3/12-3/16 from New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. 82 were the Italian lineage.

NYU Langone released 15 recent (collection dates 3/30-4/06) SARS CoV2 sequences (at GISAID) from New York City patients. All are the Italian lineage.

Alaska release four SARS CoV2 sequences (at GISAID) from Alaska patients. All four were the Italian, as were four of six earlier sequences.

NYU Langone released 51 more New York SARS CoV2 sequences. Most (44) were collected this month (between 4/1-4/3). 49 of the 51 sequences were the Italian lineage.

University of Wisconsin released (at GISAID) 36 recent (collected between 4/6-4/13) SARS CoV2 Wisconsin sequences. 31 were the Italian lineage.

T Gen North has released (at GISAID) 72 sequences from Arizona patients today. 63 were the Italian lineage. Moreover, for the 47 most recent collections (between 3/18 and 4/2), 44 were the Italian lineage.

The CDC has released 3 more SARS CoV2 sequences (at GISAID), raising the total number to nine. All are the Italian lineage.

The Minnesota DHPH Lab released (at GISAID) 15 sequences from Minnesota patients. 14 were the Italian lineage.

NYU Langone has released (at GISAID) 10 recent (4/1) collections from Brooklyn, Manhattan, Nassau Co, and Suffolk Co. All were the Italian lineage.

BioInfoExperts have released (at GISAID two recent (4/6) collections from Louisiana patients, increasing to three the number of public sequences from Louisiana. The third sequence is an earlier collection (3/9) recently released at GISAID by the CDC. All three sequences are the Italian lineage.

The CDC released (at GISAID) a Maryland SARS CoV2 sequences today, raising then total number to two. Both were the Italian lineage.

The CDC released (at GISAID) a SARS CoV2 sequence from a Rhode Island patient today, raising the total number of Rhode Island sequences to four. All four are the Italian lineage.

Division of Consolidated Laboratories released 22 recent (collected between 3/23-4/04) sequences from Virginia patients. 21 were the Italian lineage.

Wadsworth released 39 additional SARS CoV2 sequences (at GISAID) which were largely from upstate counties. Only three sequences (in Nassau, Putnam, and Onondaga Counties) were not the Italian lineage.

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Wadsworth has released 27 SARS CoV2 sequences from New York State. 25 are the Italian lineage.