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Wastewater samples show COVID levels falling in New Haven area
Jun 15, 2022
https://ctmirror.org/2022/06/14/yale-wastewater-samples-show-covid-levels-falling-ct-new-haven-case-rate/
he latest wave of COVID-19, driven by the contagious BA.2 and BA.2.12.1 subvariants, is showing signs of retreating, with falling levels of the disease being detected in wastewater.
Yale University researchers collecting samples from a New Haven water treatment facility found substantially fewer incidences of the virus in recent samples than were recorded a month ago. As of June 6, there were about 30 cases per 100,000 people in the New Haven area detected, down from about 60 cases per 100,000 people in mid-May.
The data mirror trends captured in state testing efforts. Connecticut’s seven-day rolling positivity rate fell to 7.5% on Monday, down from a high of 14% a month ago.