United States: In recent reports, the COVID levels in California’s wastewater have exceeded last summer’s peak values, indicating a rapid spawning of the super-contagious new FLiRT strains.
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According to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports published on Friday, California has noted “very high'” COVID levels in its wastewater, which have gone up compared to the prior week.
There are 20 other states in the US with a “very high” status of coronavirus. This means that one hundred and fifty-five million people live where “very high” coronavirus levels are found in sewage, accounting for almost half of the US population.
Viral levels in wastewater surging
According to the reports, coronavirus levels in wastewater are also increasing in Los Angeles County, and they have been constantly increasing over the past week.
According to CDC reports, viral levels in wastewater are considered “high” for the second straight week nationwide.
According to Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a COVID expert and chief of research and development at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System in Missouri, “If you call — I don’t know — 20 or 30 friends, you’re very, very likely to find a bunch of them actually have COVID, or have had COVID recently, or are starting to be symptomatic,” as staradvertiser.com reported.
Recent notable COVID-19 case
Recently, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday while traveling in Las Vegas, where he made his return to Delaware to recover.
Moreover, LA Mayor Karen Bass also tested positive not longer than a few weeks ago, whereas Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) also reported her contraction with the virus.
Lee said, “Our fight against COVID is not over!”
According to staradvertiser.com reports, COVID-19’s shadow across the nation has not been over and has become stronger in the past few days. The usual uptick is noticed in association with travel and socialization, spawning a fresh spate of infections.
In several cases, mild infection is noticed, but it is disruptive, forcing trips or plans to be canceled.