More than 2,250 cases of the R.1 COVID variant have been recorded across the U.S. since March, though there have been no new reports since August 6.
The R.1 variant of COVID-19, which has been found to carry a dangerous mutation, has spread to 47 states since it was first recorded in the U.S. in March. It has been most prevalent in Maryland, according to the Outbreak.Info tracking project.
The Outbreak.Info data for Maryland shows that R.1 was sequenced in nearly 2 percent of samples from the state.
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