With new COVID-19 surges in Europe and China, there are concerns about the latest variant leading to a spike in the Bay Area, but so far, local spring break hotspots are seeing nothing but good news.
Scientists are testing the local wastewater daily, looking for any possible signs of a new surge. So far, the results in Santa Clara County have been promising.
"The wastewater data from Santa Clara County is telling us two things right now," Stanford University environmental engineering Professor Alexandria Boehm said."It's telling us that SARS-CoV-2 levels continue to be low and decrease, which suggests that the infections in the area are also decreasing and remaining low."
The second thing is the data shows the dominant variant in the county has once again changed. Most cases in the South Bay are now from what's known as the BA.2 omicron variant. While that strain is raising concerns overseas, overall cases remain low in the Bay Area.
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