COVID-19 is still climbing across California, extending a late-summer rise that has spread to nearly every state in the country — and one infectious disease specialist cautions that the current wave may be far from over.
Wastewater measurements from the Bay Area, in particular, have accelerated sharply since July, with numerous sampling sites recording their highest SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in months during August.
In San Francisco, WastewaterSCAN currently classifies virus levels as high at both of the city’s major treatment plants and says concentrations have been trending upward…