COVID-19 in the region has tested positive for a variant of concern, KFL&A Public Health announced Monday .This would be the area’s sixth lab-confirmed case of a COVID-19 mutation so far.Testing is currently being done on all swabs of positive cases of COVID-19 to check for variations, but molecular testing, which takes several weeks, is still needed to determine which mutation is present.
Coronavirus: 5th COVID-19 variant of concern found in Kingston So far, the health unit has only identified the first variant of concern in the region as the B.1.1.7.