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Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 4:39 PM Humboldt County Public Health confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases today, making 84 so far this week, while also reporting that the federal government has confirmed the first case of the B.1.1.7. variant, commonly referred to as the UK variant, in Humboldt County. Today s cases were confirmed after laboratories processed 176 samples with a test positivity rate of 9.1 percent, bringing the county s cumulative case total too 3,799. The discovery of the UK variant locally is not surprising given how widespread it is in other parts of the state and country, but it is cause for concern because mutations on the virus spike protein make it more contagious.
PETALING JAYA: Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor have the highest number of sporadic Covid-19 cases – those where the source of infection is not known, says Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
The Health Minister also said that as of Sunday (April 25), sporadic cases accounted for about 60% of the total recorded since Jan 1. The highest number of sporadic cases are in Selangor (65,215), KL (19,834) and Johor (17,974), he told a press conference on Monday (April 26).
He also said the number of clusters in educational institutions had in`creased by 83% from 12 clusters in epidemiological week 15 (April 11 to 17) to 22 in week 16 (April 18 to 24).
Meanwhile, deputy Health director-general (research and technical support) Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim said the ministry had not yet detected the double-mutant variant originating from India.
COVID second wave: Mutant variants driving rise in high-burden states
On the strains, such as the double and triple mutant detected in India, they said all are the same variant of the virus, and the available vaccines are effective on them.
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A healthcare worker prepares to collect a swab sample from a passenger at the Kempegowda Bus Station in Bengaluru on Sunday. (Photo | Shriram BN/EPS) By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Experts engaged in genome analysis say that one of the reasons behind the surge in the Covid-19 cases could be increasing mutant variants in many cities, especially in high-burden states.
Presence of UK strain in Delhi Covid cases doubles in less than a month
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Also, more than 11% of samples from across India show “variants of concern”, said experts at research institutes who have done genome sequencing of the samples. As many as 1,644 cases of the UK strain were found in India.
The presence of the highly transmissible UK variant of the coronavirus had almost doubled in the national capital between the first and last week of March. The B.1.17 variant was seen in 50% of the samples in the last week of March, compared with 28% in the first week of the month.