Three U.S. states are still showing high coronavirus levels in their wastewater, the CDC revealed.
'High' coronavirus wastewater levels are still being detected in three U.S. states, despite 'low' levels nationwide.Based on the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Newsweek has mapped out this variability to reveal where high coronavirus levels in wastewater still persist.After a surge in
cases have been largely driven by a new class of subvariants nicknamed FLiRT after the position of the mutations on the virus' spike proteins, the projections that allow them to enter our cells.These proteins are also used as targets by immune systems and vaccinations, so changes in their structure can allow the virus to bypass the body's defenses more easily.
cases over the previous two weeks, according to the CDC, with the new XEC variant accounting for 17 percent.
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