Eurosurv. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 lineage P.1 in patients from a region with exponentially increasing hospitalisation rate, February 2021, Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 lineage P.1 in patients from a region with exponentially increasing hospitalisation rate, February 2021, Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

• Andreza Francisco Martins^1,2,3,4 , Alexandre Prehn Zavascki^1,4,5,6 , Priscila Lamb Wink^1,2,7 , Fabiana Caroline Zempulski Volpato^1,7,8 , Francielle Liz Monteiro^1,7 , Cl?via Rosset^7,9 , Fernanda De-Paris^1,7 , ?lvaro Kr?ger Ramos¹⁰ , Afonso Lu?s Barth^1,2,7,8

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 lineage coincided with a surge in hospitalisations in the North region of Brazil. In the South region?s Rio Grande do Sul state, severe COVID-19 case numbers rose 3.8 fold in February 2021. During that month, at a COVID-19 referral hospital in this state, whole-genome sequencing of a subset of cases? specimens (n?=?27) revealed P.1 lineage SARS-CoV-2 in most (n?=?24). Findings raise concerns regarding a possible association between lineage P.1 and rapid case and hospitalisation increases.

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