Wastewater-based Surveillance on SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 viral load in wastewater is being monitored as part of AMELAG (“Abwassermonitoring für die epidemiologische Lagebewertung”, German for wastewater monitoring for epidemiological situation assessment). Data from 164 sites, i.e. wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), are currently included in the analyses. For the calendar week 22 data from 82 sites were available. Data from other sites will be provided later. The viral loads are currently low but showing a slight increase. Last week’s development may still change due to late notifications, especially due to late notifications from sites with large population coverage.