Almost all positive COVID-19 tests in Pa. with S-Gene Target Failure (SGTF) are now considered to be the more contagious U.K. variant B.1.1.7. The percentage of COVID-19 tests that are positive stopped declining and started rising as the percentage of positive tests with SGTF rose beyond 10%.
Cases have been rising in Pa. since March 10
Pa. positivity rate (% of COVID-19 tests that were positive)
Percentage of positive COVID-19 tests conducted by Helix that had SGTF