Governor Andrew Cuomo made an announcement on monday related to the Covid-19 update. He said that the highly contagious UK variant of the coronavirus has been found in Saratoga Springs, which is possibly the first known case in New York State.
An old man, aged nearly 60 years, has been tested positive for mutated COVID-19 strains, he is still in the recovering phase, said Cuomo during the conference call held in the afternoon.
“He appears to be on mends”, said Cuomo.
It is said that the patient who is suffering from Covid strains, is still unknown by his name. It is also heard thatthe person has got infected by disease in a jewellery store in Saratoga Springs.
Nearly three other people in the jewellery store have also fallen sick since then, though it is not yet confirmed if they have the UK variant or the other one, Cuomo said.
The person tested positive was asked if he had traveled recently, to which he said had No, which further means that he contracted the Covid strain from another yet person who is unidentified yet within the community, Cuomo said.
The governor Cuomo also said that approximately 5,000 tests for the variant have been conducted, which includes downstate. There are no such positive results yet.
The UK strain has previously been detected stateside in Colorado and California
