Arizona Seeing Slow and Steady Rate of COVID-19 Variant Transmission

ASU’s Biodesign Institute is discovering an average of three to seven cases per week of COVID-19 variants in the state and has been since late last year. The Biodesign Institute says the cases are likely the B.1.1.7 variant, more commonly known as the U.K. variant. While the numbers are relatively low right now, experts are forecasting that the variant could be the driver of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. by March. If this becomes the case, the vaccination rate required for herd immunity would jump by 10 to 15%.

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