niman Posted February 6, 2021 Report Share Posted February 6, 2021 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 cases were discovered and when. In all, 17 cases of the COVID-19 variant have been discovered in people who live in Illinois since the first case was announced on Jan. 25, state health officials said. https://news.wttw.com/2021/02/04/8-additional-cases-more-transmissible-covid-19-variant-discovered-across-illinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2021 USA/IL-CDC-UNK442/2021 McLean County Illinois map update https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1aQDSL2LwQFbuoCAg_nIOPK8D-LIJ5MYd&ll=40.54141461615066%2C-89.1114942978079&z=10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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