ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is seeing a drop in new coronavirus infections as the state continues to detect cases of a COVID-19 variant.
Yet, with a winter weather storm shutting down states, concern has shifted to vaccine shipments and supply. In an effort to mitigate the spread of variants and the novel coronavirus, health officials are working to ramp up vaccination plans.
As of Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had tracked nearly 380 cases of the B.1.1.7 variant, the so-called U.K.
mutation, in Florida. The state continues to lead the nation with the highest number of COVID-19 variant cases. The CDC is expected to update its report Thursday. [TRENDING: Winter storm shuts down Fla.