US wastewater shows second-highest ever Covid wave

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Wastewater tests conducted by the US firm Biobot are showing the second-highest ever peak in readings for Covid for the entire pandemic.

Although these charts are for the period up to December 28th 2022, they do not yet include details about the new XBB.1.5 wave in the US, and show the original XBB recombinant variant at just 5%.

Read the full Biobot.io data report here

 

Wave confirmed by analyses of CDC data by the People’s CDC:

 

 


 

 

H/t Evan Blake

 

 

XBB.1.5 at a staggering FORTY PERCENT of sequences in the US

 

 

 

 

** This post was originally published on December 30, 2022 **