Gov. Cuomo: UK variant of COVID-19 not detected in NY

Despite that, Cuomo says he does believe the strain is already here in New York it just hasn't been detected yet.

News 12 Staff

Dec 31, 2020, 11:41 AM

Updated 1,347 days ago

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo says so far the UK variant of COVID-19 has not been detected in New York.
"We have not found the strain in New York. We had several specimens sent to the state lab that were suspected of being the UK strain, but over the 4,000 tests, we have not found the strain in the state of New York," says Gov. Cuomo.
Despite that, Cuomo says he does believe the strain is already here in New York it just hasn't been detected yet.
Meanwhile, in Nassau County the infection rate is now at 10.2 %. A total of 1,273 residents tested positive out of a little more than 12,000 tests Tuesday. A total of seven Nassau residents died from COVID-19.
In Suffolk County, the infection rate is now at 12.8%, that is triple what it was less than a month ago.
More than 1,600 new cases were confirmed Tuesday out of just under 13,000 tests. Another 11 residents have died.