State health officials say a Northern Virginia resident has been found to have a new, more contagious strain of COVID-19.

The virus variant, called SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 or the UK variant, first emerged in the United Kingdom late last year and is associated with increased person-to-person transmission of the virus, the Virginia Department of Health said Monday. The patient, identified only as an adult from Northern Virginia, is the first person identified in Virginia with the new strain. The person has no reported recent travel history.

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