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California Joins Colorado With Highly Transmissible Covid Strain

Second infection confirmed, but Colorado may have a third
‘Not surprised’ Fauci expects reports from other states too

WATCH: Anthony Fauci says he's 'not surprised' that the new highly transmissible variant of Covid-19 has been detected in a patient in Southern California.(Source: ABC/Bloomberg)

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By Catherine Traywick, Michelle Fay Cortez, and Michael B Marois

December 30, 2020 at 6:14 PM UTC

Updated on

December 30, 2020 at 10:26 PM UTC

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A second U.S. case of the highly transmissible Covid-19 variant that emerged in the U.K. has been detected in California, a day after Colorado reported the nation’s first known infection.