COVID variants
As of Tuesday, March 30, there are 12,053 cases of the three COVID-19 variants in the United States, up 4,272 over the past week. Those are the United Kindom (B.1.1.7), South African (B.1.3.5.1), and Brazil (P.1) variants.
Sixteen states now have all three variants circulating in their populations. Those states are Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Florida, California, Massachussetts, Georgia, Maryland, Texas, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, Indiana and Maine.
There are 11,569 cases of the United Kingdom variant in 51 states and territories, an increase of 4,068 cases. As of Tuesday, Mar. 30, there are 78 confirmed cases of the B.1.1.7 variant in Wisconsin. There are 218 confirmed cases in Illinois, 526 confirmed cases in Minnesota, 1,237 confirmed cases in Michigan, and 89 confirmed cases in Iowa. Michigan remains second in the nation for UK variant cases in the last week, exceeded only by Florida with 2,351 cases.