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Tulane tracker estimates over 1 million daily US COVID infections

Original: Tulane U. & Dr. Hoerger have maintained a site tracking US COVID, using # wastewater , other regional # data : They esti

Tulane University and Dr. Hoerger run a site tracking COVID-19 in the United States using wastewater surveillance and regional data. Their estimate points to a late-summer surge larger than any previous year at this point, with more than 1 million new infections per day, and they note October and November are typically when case counts climb further.

Why now: People are discussing the scale of the current COVID surge as measured by wastewater data ahead of the usual fall peak.

Tulane UniversityDr. HoergerUnited StatesCOVID-19

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• Tulane U. & Dr. Hoerger have maintained a site tracking US COVID, using # wastewater , other regional # data : They estimate this (late) summer # surge is higher than all previous years *at this time*, w over 1M new # COVID # infections daily (Oct/ Nov is usually when # cases… · GetMisch@masto.nyc · 2

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