The province is moving away from testing all positive cases of COVID-19 with PCR tests even after a positive result from an at-home test which is worrying some Calgary doctors who say the province won t have accurate data.
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A project that monitors Calgary sewage for the presence of the virus responsible for COVID-19 is showing a significant spike since mid-March.
The data, which is available in graph form on a public website, shows levels of the virus trending upward and sample points higher than previous highs seen in mid-December, when Calgary was in its second wave.
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Dr. Michael Parkins, associate professor in the department of medicine at the University of Calgary and section chief of infectious disease for Alberta Health Services’ Calgary zone, is one of the researchers involved with the project. He said previous wastewater sample numbers have predicted future COVID-19 case numbers.