Abstract: Genomes of 5 strains sequenced from clustered infections were classified into a new clade with
ORF1ab-
V378I mutation, in addition to 3 dominant clades
ORF8-
L84S,
ORF3a-
G251V and
S-
D614G.
Introduction: Three major clades, including clade G (with G variant at position 614 within the
spike protein, as
S-
D614G), clade
S (
ORF8-
L84S), and clade V (
ORF3a-
G251V), were designated by the GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org/hcov