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Monitoring of wastewater throughout the U.S. shows that COVID-19 levels are likely at their highest levels since early January, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.Officials have said that wastewater tests can provide officials an idea of how prevalent the spread of the virus is.The CDC's data shows COVID-19 levels as of last week are about three times higher than this time a year ago.
New York and Arizona are reporting lower levels of COVID-19 virus in wastewater.Nearly half of all cases are coming from the KP.3 and the KP.3.1.1 variants.Updated COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be released in the coming weeks. The vaccines are intended to target the KP.2 variant, which now consists of about 20% of cases, the CDC said. It's too early to tell how effective the new vaccines will perform against the KP.3 variants.KP.2 and KP.
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