Florida now has one reported case of the Brazilian P.1 coronavirus variant, according to the latest data on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's website.
Officials with the Florida Department of Health confirmed the case to 10 Tampa Bay, saying the variant was found in Miami-Dade County. The person's travel history was not immediately provided.
"The Brazilian variant is more infectious than what we've been having around. Pretty much it has the same mutations as the UK variant does," USF Public Health's Dr. Tom Unnasch said.
