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Medicine 2021-02-24 1 min read

Southern California COVID-19 strain rapidly expands global reach

CAL.20C strain, now found in nearly half of Southern California cases, is detected in 19 US states, Washington, DC, and six foreign countries, Cedars-Sinai reports
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 11, 2021) -- A new strain of the coronavirus in Southern California, first reported last month by Cedars-Sinai, is rapidly spreading across the country and around the world as travelers apparently carry the virus with them to a growing list of global destinations, according to new research published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

The strain, known as CAL.20C, was first observed in July 2020 in a single Los Angeles County case, as Cedars-Sinai earlier reported. It reemerged in October in Southern California and then quickly END