Third State Confirms Its First Case of Highly Infectious COVID-19 Variant

Seniors and first responders wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at the Lakes Regional Library in Fort Myers, Fla., on Dec. 30, 2020. Octavio Jones/Getty Images

Florida has reported its first case of a CCP virus strain that was first discovered in the United Kingdom, which marks the third case of its kind in the country.

The Florida Department of Health said that a male in his 20s tested positive to the new UK variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. The man had no recent history of travel.