There are concerns over a potential rise in COVID-19 cases as the CDC reports increased levels of the coronavirus detected in U.S. sewage systems.
Derick Waller reports on the arrest of 30-year-old Gerald Brevard, who was taken into custody in Washington, D.C.
In Nassau County on Long Island, levels of COVID are recently on the rise again at Cedar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Wantagh and at the Bay Park Water Treatment Plant in East Rockaway. Even if the answers are in the wastewater, it's still hard for scientists to pinpoint precisely what they mean. Another COVID surge? Or a smaller COVID uptick with few medical consequences?"What it means is there's an increase in virus," he said."Whether that means a surge in hospitalizations depends on the immunity levels in the population."seeing a major increase in cases of the omicron sub-variantIn the UK, BA.2 now accounts for more than 50% of cases. In the U.S.
The White House says, as a result, testing capacity could drop significantly in the coming weeks and supplies of COVID-related drugs could run low.
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