{"id":63109,"date":"2021-05-01T10:05:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T14:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63109"},"modified":"2021-05-01T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T14:05:08","slug":"how-convenient-for-the-cultural-marxist-governor-of-michigan-that-the-indian-variant-just-showed-up-in-lansing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=63109","title":{"rendered":"How convenient for the cultural marxist governor of Michigan that the Indian variant just showed up in Lansing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

First case of India COVID-19 variant confirmed in Michigan<\/h1>\n

The Detroit News<\/p>\n

The first case of the India variant of COVID-19\u00a0has been identified\u00a0in Clinton County north of Lansing, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesman Bob Wheaton told The Detroit News Friday.<\/p>\n

The new variant, B.1.617, was initially detected in India in October with two mutations, E484Q and L452R, according to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

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The state health department did not release further information about\u00a0the infected Michigan resident or how many people may have been exposed.<\/p>\n

Emerging research indicates\u00a0the India variant may be more transmissible than previous variants.<\/p>\n

The variant is the sixth found in Michigan.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, Michigan has the second-highest number of\u00a0cases of the United Kingdom variant B.1.1.7. with 5,616 cases in 80 jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0first case of the South African variant B.1.351\u00a0was confirmed by the state Bureau of Laboratories in a boy living in Jackson County. There are a total of 26 cases of the variant now.<\/p>\n

The first case of the\u00a0P.1 variant\u00a0from Brazil was identified in a Bay County resident. There are now 66 confirmed cases of P.1.<\/p>\n

There are also 231 confirmed cases of B.1.427 and B.1.429, two variants formed in California.<\/p>\n

Wayne County has the largest spread of the B.1.1.7 variant with more than 556 cases including 157 in Detroit. Wayne, Washtenaw, Macomb and Genesse counties have five of six variants.\u00a0Clinton County\u00a0has\u00a0all the reported variants.<\/p>\n

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