Minnesota health officials over the weekend identified five cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom, adding to a growing list of states that have confirmed cases of the mutation and furthering concerns that the variant is likely already widespread across the country.
The U.K. variant, known as B.1.1.7, was "identified by genomic sequencing in positive specimens from five residents of four different counties in the Twin Cities metro area," officials with the Minnesota Department of Health said in a Saturday news release, which noted that four of the cases were identified by state health officials while the fifth was identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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