Sauk Co. confirms case of California coronavirus variant, believed to be one of first in the state
April 1, 2021 12:49 PM
Jaymes Langrehr
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab.
BARABOO, Wis. — The Sauk County Health Department says it has detected a variant of the coronavirus in the county that is believed to be easier to pass from person-to-person.
The B.1.427 variant first came from California last summer. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is tracking cases of new variants in the state, but as of March 26 had yet to record a case of the B.1.427 variant, meaning this would be one of the first confirmed cases of the “California variant” of the virus.