US - California: What is going on there? Is the 20C/L452R California mutant strain more lethal than "regular" COVID-19? - February 27, 2021

[sharon sanders]

CDPH is also monitoring the variants of interest shown in the table below due to recent evidence that they might be more transmissible. Though they are known by two different lineage names, the B.1.427 and B.1.429 strains are closely related. Together, these two variants have been called the West Coast Strain. Because their clinical and epidemiologic significance is not yet known, CDC and CDPH do not consider them variants of concern at this time.


Known Variants of Interest in California

As of February 25, 2021

Variant	Number of Cases Caused by Variant
B.1.427	1088
B.1.429	2771

Note: The cases identified above that have been sequenced are based on a sampling of all SARS-CoV-2-positive specimens and do not represent the total number or estimated proportion of cases that may be circulating in California. The number of California samples sequenced is the number of sequences submitted to GISAID and is not a complete list of all sequences completed to date. Numbers are updated on Thursdays by 12 noon but reflect data posted on GISAID the day prior.

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/COVID-Variants.aspx

[sharon sanders]

Nope. Not there.

[sharon sanders]

Waiting to see if the California strain is added to the today's CDC variant update. The variant report should be out by 7pm EST.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html

[sharon sanders]

CDC COVID Tracker weekly review is not giving any information on this variant but is reporting others....what's the deal?


US COVID-19 Cases Caused by Variants


Updated Feb. 25, 2021


Variant

Reported Cases in US

Number of Jurisdictions Reporting


B.1.1.7

2102

45

B.1.351

49

15

P.1

6

5

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html

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Or on the variant report:



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The emerging variants CDC is closely monitoring have mutations in the virus genome that alter the characteristics and cause the virus to act differently in ways that are significant to public health (e.g., causes more severe disease, spreads more easily between humans, requires different treatments, changes the effectiveness of current vaccines). It’s important to understand that genetic mutations are expected, and some variants can spread and become predominant while others subside.

02/11/21 – To maintain a limited number of colors and allow for an easier comparison between states, the data ranges have changed from 1-50 to 1-100.

*The cases identified above are based on a sampling of SARS-CoV-2-positive specimens and do not represent the total number of B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.1 lineage cases that may be circulating in the United States and may not match numbers reported by states, territories, tribes, and local officials.

†Numbers will be updated on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday by 7:00 pm.

Learn more about Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants.

Last Updated Feb. 25, 2021

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html

[sharon sanders]

Tracking COVID-19

State and County Data

Total Cases

3,470,877
5,151Today
+0.1% Increase from prior day total

Total Deaths

51,821
439 Today
+0.9% Increase from prior day total

Total Tests

48,219,490
223,914 Today
+0.5% Increase from prior day total
Updated February 27, 2021 at 11:00 AM with data from February 26, 2021

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx

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2,137 COVID-19 deaths reported for the total US deaths for February 26, 2021 per @COVID19Tracking

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Roughly...California represents 21% of the US deaths for yesterday.

California has about 12% of the US population.

California appears to be over represented in the number of COVID-19 deaths for a random day selected of February 26, 2021

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Please see:

20C/L452R California COVID-19 mutant strain