09/09/2021

Mu COVID Variant Outbreak in Florida as Hundreds of Cases Detected

Virus variants underscore the importance of getting people vaccinated

Although Florida is finally starting to see a decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases, there have been hundreds of cases detected of the Mu variant, which is more transmissible and potentially more resistant to vaccines than other strains.

Florida is getting over its worst wave of the pandemic, where as many as 27,779 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the Sunshine State in one day. On September 6 it recorded 10,162 new cases. Some 305 of its active cases are the Mu variant, according to data from the outbreak.info website.

However, the Delta variant remains by far the dominant strain and Mu only accounts for 0.2 percent of the total cases in the U.S.

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