COVID-19 cases and 44 additional cases of a variant of concern on Tuesday, bringing the local total coronavirus case count up to 6,525, including 189 deathsPublic health also said a total of 352 people have screened positive for a COVID-19 variant of concern in the region, while a total of 191 cases are confirmed to be the B.1.1.7 variant, which was first discovered in the U.K.