Canada’s first case of the Brazilian COVID-19 variant was detected in Toronto over the weekend, marking it the third variant the country has discovered within its borders, following cases of the UK and South Africa strains identified in the last few months. The Toronto Public Health (TPH) confirmed its first known case of the variant in a news release on Feb. 7, saying that the patient had recently travelled from Brazil. He has since been hospitalized. Formally known as the P.1 variant, the strain was first discovered early last month in travelers from Brazil during routine testing at an airport in Japan. By the end of January, it had been detected in the United States. TPH also reported the first case of the South Africa variant—B.1.351—in the city on Sunday. However, the patient had no recent travel history and no known contact with anyone who is a returned traveler, according …