New COVID variant BA.2.86 spotted in 10 states, though highly mutated strain remains rare
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People across at least 10 states have now been infected by BA.2.86, a highly mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that authorities have been closely tracking.
According to data tallied from the global virus database GISAID, labs have reported finding BA.2.86 in samples from Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Estimates suggest BA.2.86 still remains a small fraction of new COVID-19 cases nationwide.
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