Bay Area COVID levels now higher than winter peak

If it feels like several people you know are complaining of feeling sick with what they assume is an “awful summer cold” — perhaps with a painful sore throat — there’s a good chance it could be COVID-19.

Again.

COVID-19 levels in Bay Area wastewater have now exceeded the winter peak, according to Stanford’s WastewaterSCAN team, which monitors coronavirus presence in human sewage. This also means Bay Area COVID-19 levels are rising faster than the statewide average. While coronavirus presence has increased 55% in California over the past three weeks, according to the California Department of Public Health’s wastewater tracking, those statewide numbers haven’t surpassed winter highs — as like they have in the Bay Area…

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