COVID-19 Variant: First Known US Case Found In Colorado

COVID-19 Variant: First Known US Case Found In Colorado

Colorado has discovered a case of a highly infectious COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom.

This was disclosed by Colorado Governor, Jared Polis on Tuesday, the first known case in the United States.

“Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, the same variant discovered in the UK,” Polis said on Twitter.