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'Disturbing': More than 1/3 of recent Philadelphia COVID-19 cases caused by virus variants, officials say
PHILADELPHIA - Officials say variants of COVID-19 are making up a good portion of the more recently reported cases in Philadelphia.So far, the Philadelphia area is seeing increased proportions of the UK, California, and New York variants. So far, the Brazil and South African variants have not been observed in the region. "That's disturbing because as you know the rate of new infection were going down," said Frederic Bushman, a Chairman of Microbiology from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.