Published January 29, 2021 •
Updated on January 30, 2021 at 7:38 am
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Arizona on Friday joined 30 other states that have detected a Covid-19 variant first seen in the United Kingdom and which is believed to be more transmissible.
That variant has been now found in 31 states, including Arizona, according to the state health department announcement and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is tracking detected cases on its website. There have been more than 400 cases of that variant reported in the nation.
More than 434,000 people have died and more than 25.7 million cases have been reported in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, according to NBC News.