UK Strain of CCP Virus Found in Los Angeles, as California Officials Report 700 Daily Deaths

Health care workers attending to a patient as St. Mary Medical Center resorts to using triage tents outside to handle the overflow at its 200-bed hospital during the outbreak of the CCP virus in Apple Valley, Calif., on Jan. 12, 2021. Mike Blake/Reuters

Public health officials in Los Angeles County said that the UK COVID-19 strain discovered late last year was found in the county, warning that a surge of the CCP virus will continue into the near future at the very least.

The B.1.1.7 strain of the CCP virus—a novel coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, in 2019—was first found in the UK several months ago, and officials believe it’s more contagious. However, officials have said that there are no signs suggesting that it’s more deadly, although the new variant could hamper efforts to curb the spread of the virus.