'The incident rate or the number of infections are relatively low but SARS-CoV-2 is still present in wastewater indicating the virus is still circulating.'
"The incident rate or the number of infections are relatively low but SARS-CoV-2 is still present in wastewater indicating the virus is still circulating and at a few of our sites in the Bay Area we are seeing that levels have been increasing over the last two weeks," said Alexandria Boehm, Professor of Environmental Engineering at Stanford University.
Professor Boehm and her team are actively collecting wastewater samples from 29 sites across the Bay Area. Wastewater sample detection is crucial since fewer people are self-reporting COVID.Our ABC7 News COVID Tracker which takes data from the California Department of Public Health shows an overall decrease in cases and deaths in the Bay Area.App users: For a better experience,Dr.
"They are largely people with underlying medical conditions particularly things like Type 2 diabetes and others or older who may have underlying health conditions but even in that group they are not as sick as they were two years ago," said Dr. Colwell. To put it in perspective by the end of June there were around 200 hospitalizations in the Bay Area due to COVID. In late June of 2022, there were almost 700 hospitalizations. That's three times more than now.
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