With the recent surge in COVID-19 infection rates, one Northern Virginia county is using an unusual method for a better idea of how widespread the coronavirus is in its population.
recently tested wastewater in Stafford County and found 227.5 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 residents.
That’s a lot higher than the company鈥檚 same analysis of wastewater across the southern U.S., where the case rate came in lower, at 196.1 cases per 100,000.
Because of a shortage of COVID tests, many communities are turning to this kind of analysis to track infections.
Biobot co-founder Newsha Ghaeli told NBC News that 鈥渆very time an infected person uses the toilet, they鈥檙e flushing this information down the toilet.鈥�
Nationwide, the wastewater tests show infections at 205.9 cases per 100,000.
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