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LA County Confirms First Case Of South African COVID-19 Variant, First 3 Cases Of Brazilian Variant – CBS Los Angeles


LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles County confirmed its first case of the South African COVID-19 variant Tuesday as well as the first three cases of the Brazilian variant.
During the county’s afternoon news conference, Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said there are likely many more cases of the variants in the county but they are not reported due to the limited testing done for variants.
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“We still have moderate transmission, that’s why we are in the orange tier,” Ferrer said. “It would be lovely to get to the yellow tier, which really means you have minimal transmission going on in the community because your case rate has dropped to…