(CBS DETROIT) – Seven additional cases of COVID-19 are connected to a Washtenaw County woman who contracted a more contagious variant of the virus.
County health officials say they are uncertain if the new cases are a form of the new strain.
Last weekend the state health department said the woman recently traveled to the United Kingdom where the variant originated.
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