MA Wastewater Tracking (22-May-2023 update)

Wastewater tracking of COVID-19 in MA shows the southern region's 7-day average at 129 copies per mL and northern region at 156. If we assume 125-150 is roughly the equivalent of 16 cases per 100k people per day (the threshold for concern after those thresholds were relaxed a bit... 8 cases per 100k being the original threshold), while we're lower than we've been since April 2022... we're still at a concerning spread lead, still higher than we were in early March 2022 and still roughly 10 times as high as we were in mid-Jun 2021.

The pandemic isn't over. Keep taking precautions. Keep protecting your friends, neighbors, and loved ones from you potentially spreading to them without knowing you're infected.

And if you're not concerned about being one of those that are hospitalized or dead, think about the potential lifelong detriments to your health and capabilities that can come with Long Covid regardless of how severe your COVID-19 symptoms.

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