New coronavirus variant found in Monterey County, several other California counties - KSBW Monterey

Another COVID-19 variant has been detected in several California counties including Monterey County, according to state public health officials.

The variant was first detected last year in California, along with other states and countries, and has increasingly registered in viral genomic sequencing from multiple counties, officials said.

Sara Cody, the variant was identified in a COVID-19 outbreak at a Kaiser Permanente emergency room in San Jose, which sickened dozens of people and led to one death.