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An illustration of the coronavirus provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ALPENA — A pair of variants of the COVID-19 virus are becoming more common in Northeast Michigan, and residents are urged to continue to act diligently to help limit their spread.
In a press release today, District Health Department No. 4 announced there were 14 confirmed infections of the B.1.429 strain, and a single infection of the B.1.427 in the three-county region it oversees.
The two variants are also known as the California variants, as that is where they were first discovered.