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From December 2, 2022 post.
Smoothed levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in county wastewater increased sharply over the past several weeks with a doubling peak observed in the third week of November followed by a subsequent modest decline. See https://biobot.io/data/ The spike was not accompanied by any notable rise in reported cases. A review of the raw data supplied by the Biobot contractor revealed an outlier result inconsistent with trend for the November 22 White Rock sample. The subsequent November 29 White Rock sample point affirmatively returned to trend. Genomic sequencing of virus detected in county wastewater during the week ending November 14 indicates a 25% prevalence of BQ.1x variants, with the remainder largely involving BA.5. Given the more recent US variant profile discussed above, it is reasonable to assume that BQ.1x may now be at or near predominance in the county.
Original source can be found here.
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