Covid leveling off in some areas of the country, despite uptick in cases

Wastewater data suggest that the recent uptick in Covid cases may have peaked, at least in some areas.

Biobot Analytics, a company that tracks wastewater samples at 257 sites nationwide, said that the current average Covid levels across the United States are approximately 5% lower than they were last week.

“All fingers crossed,” Cristin Young, a Biobot epidemiologist said, “this wave is plateauing and may be declining.”…

“What we’re seeing right now is a kind of ‘flattening out,'” said Marlene Wolfe, an assistant professor of environmental health at Emory University and program director for WastewaterSCAN. “We haven’t really seen a true downturn happen yet.”