Chicago, IDPH confirm first Illinois case of the COVID variant

The Chicago Department of Public Health and Illinois Department of Public Health today announced the first case in Illinois of the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 first identified in the United Kingdom. The case was identified by the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine through sequencing analysis of a specimen from bio-banked samples of COVID-19 positive tests.

From staff reports

Posted 1/19/21

The new strain was first identified in the United States about two weeks ago in Colorado and has since been identified in several other states. Evidence suggests that this variant can spread more …

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