Deer Island numbers suggest local Covid-19 surge might be about to ease

The latest Covid-19 sampling data from sewage astatine the MWRA's Deer Island attraction works amusement a important decrease, which mightiness bespeak that the existent surge is cresting and could soon statesman to easiness successful a week to 10 days.

Experts astatine Northeastern had earlier predicted an easing successful the adjacent vertical increases successful Covid-19 cases would statesman successful mid-January.

The investigating astatine Deer Island by Biobot, an MIT spinoff, an has go a instrumentality for predicting Covid-19 numbers implicit coming days successful the Boston country served by the MWRA - radical statesman excreting viral particles earlier they recognize they're sick oregon request to beryllium tested.

The quality would beryllium invited astatine country hospitals, which person seen a surge successful admissions, arsenic good arsenic astatine section workplaces, which has likewise seen a corresponding summation successful absences owed to the omicron strain. However, the diminution signaled by Deer Island would inactive mean Covid-19 rates importantly higher than past winter's surge.

The latest existent numbers of caller Covid-19 cases reported by the state showed 17,802 caller confirmed cases today, down from the 27,612 caller confirmed Covid-19 cases reported connected Jan. 6. However, the authorities reported 2,970 radical with Covid-19 yesterday, up from 2,923 the time before. The authorities besides reported 116 caller confirmed Covid-19 deaths.