The data can help identify to COVID-19 outbreaks early and determine areas of the city where infection rates are high.
Alberta Health Services is looking at this information as an additional tool to understand how the virus is spreading in the community, as high levels of traces of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater are followed by a rise in clinically diagnosed cases.
According to Dr. Michael Parkins, MD, associate professor at the Cumming School of Medicine and section chief for the Division of Infectious Diseases for AHS, “Wastewater data is unbiased and comprehensive.”
“It captures all cases in a defined population, including symptomatic and asymptomatic cases not just those diagnosed cases,” Parkins continued in a media release.
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