Saskatoon wastewater study shows huge jump in COVID-19 viral load – CBC
Researcher says huge spike hard to explain, believes there will be pressure on health care system for months
Apr 11, 2022
The latest wastewater study from the University of Saskatchewan shows a massive spike in Saskatoon’s COVID-19 viral load, signalling the start of a new wave of infections.
On Monday, researchers released their latest report, showing a 742 per cent increase in viral load taken from sewage samples in the city.
Toxicology professor John Giesy said these latest numbers come after COVID surges in Ontario and Quebec, as well as the UK and China, all driven by the more-infectious BA-2 subvariant of Omicron.
“Naively, or at least optimistically, based on the downward trajectory of the data for our three cities, I had hoped that our trend would be different, but alas it is not,” read an email from Guesy.
“As you can see, the data for all three cities that we monitor is not good.”
