Almost 290,000 new coronavirus infections were reported in the US within 24 hours Friday according to Johns Hopkins University

A ski resort in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Covid-19 variant has spread to at least eight US states including Colorado.

New Covid-19 variant found in eight US states: official data

Researchers were "able to sequence the variant of the B1.1.7 virus in a person infected in November this year"