COVID-19 cases and one additional death since Friday, bringing the local total number of cases up to 6,737, including 190 deaths.Local public health also confirmed eight new cases of the COVID-19 B.1.1.7 variant, which was first discovered in the U.K.
and is believed to be up to 70 per cent more contagious than earlier coronavirus strains, and 39 additional cases of a “variant of concern.”Testing is still underway to determine the exact strain of the variant of concern.