(Bloomberg via Getty Images)The Northeast, in particular, appears to be seeing higher growth levels, reporting the highest wastewater levels of any region, Biobot data shows. In Boston, wastewater levels had plateaued after a spring and summer surge, but in recent weeks, data indicates that COVID-19 sampling levels have increased again to their highest level in two months. Since last spring, many states have moved to shutter public testing sites, with more at-home COVID-19 tests now available. With official COVID-19 case data becoming less reliable, many scientists have been turning to wastewater data to monitor the state of the pandemic. National COVID-19 wastewater levels signal viral uptick ahead of fall originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News September 17, 2022 07:34 UTC