On Jan. 30, Maryland state officials confirmed the South African variant’s existence via their Department of Health after consulting the CDC. The virus strain is still being investigated and appears to be more transmissible than other variants. But so far, there hasn’t been conclusive evidence to shown that it causes more severity in the illness…

An average of 544 Californians died every day in the last week from the CCP virus, with on Saturday, the state reaching a grim milestone of 40,000 deaths overall, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. In barely a year since the virus was first detected in the state, 1 in 1,000 Californians have…

Taiwan’s government on Saturday reported the island’s first death from the CCP virus since May, as it battles a small and unusual outbreak of locally transmitted cases. A woman in her 80s with underlying health conditions died after being infected with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus as part of a domestic cluster connected to…