Introduction: Therefore, the prevalence of these mutants was analyzed in 25
COVID-19 patients admitted to our hospital located in Tohoku rural area from December 2020 to April 2021 by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based detection kits (VirSNiP-SAS B1351 (484K+501Y), SARS-CoV-2
Spike P681Y, and del H69/N70, respectively; Roche, Basel, Switzerland).