Positive data that suggests the omicron wave is on the way down is being reported in Santa Clara County. And it's coming from the sewers.
Omicron continues to break previous daily highs for case rates in California due to its transmissibility.
It helped county officials first detect omicron and now the five-day average shows it may be on its way out. "We're starting to see some leveling off and maybe even some slight downward trends right now," Balliet said."We're cautiously optimistic that we'll see that in our clinical cases, but we certainly haven't seen that yet."Looking at the county's sewer shed data on the county's dashboard you see just that."I think this is an extremely promising sign," UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin-Hong said.
Unfortunately, the hospital and case rate numbers have not shown the dip. Dr. Chin-Hong says that could happen in the next few weeks." We still recommend that people get their booster, get their vaccines and wear a tight-fitting mask," Balliet said."Because when you look at the data, the level of community transmission and concentrations in wastewater is significantly higher than we were one year ago.
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