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Phylogenetic evidence that SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 has been circulating in the United States since November 2020
“It is striking that this [B.1.1.7] lineage may already have been established in the US for some 5-6 weeks before B.1.1.7 was first identified as a variant of concern in the UK in mid-December15. More...
20C-US: Emergence and Evolution of a Prevalent New SARS-CoV-2 Variant in the United States
“we have identified a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in the United States (U.S.) More...
1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 in just 10 months
A total of 331,116 Americans have died from Covid-19 as of 3 p.m. More...
USA has only sequenced 51, 000 coronavirus samples from 17 million infections
Have we seen this variant in the United States? More...
United States reports 2,157 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours – one person is dying every 40 seconds
The daily coronavirus death toll in the US reached 2,157 on Tuesday – one person every 40 seconds. More...
US COVID-19 hospitalizations rise by nearly 50% in 2 weeks
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the United States has jumped nearly 50% in the last 14 days, straining the nation’s healthcare system and forcing states to impose new restrictions to curb the alarming spread of the coronavirus. More...
153,000 new Covid infections in USA, tens of thousands of deaths predicted.
US Government health officials have warned that tens of thousands of Americans will die in the coming weeks as coronavirus continued to surge across the country, shattering more daily records. More...
Coronavirus kills 15,000 mink in the USA
More than 15,000 mink in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said. More...