Category Archives: DC

After a few weeks of data, it looks like D.C. (and neighborhood Alexandria, VA) have hit a plateau in terms of COVID wastewater concentrations. The good news is we had a decline last week. The bad news is the new … Continue reading →

Last week, given a surprising downturn in both D.C. and neighboring Alexandria, VA, some asshole with a blog noted: While I hope this is simply a delay in the downward trend and not the start of another upward trend, I … Continue reading →

New Biobot COVID wastewater concentration data are out, and D.C., along with neighboring Alexandria, VA, have seen a marked improvement. Here’s D.C.: Here’s Alexandria, VA: For context, the maximal values for Alexandria and D.C. during the January 2023 peak were … Continue reading →

While the D.C. wastewater data for the week of August 16 aren’t available yet*, the data for Alexandria, VA, which have mostly mirrored D.C., are out, and they’re not good: The concentration is 946 copies/ml, which is 76.5% of the … Continue reading →

And Alexandria, VA, the only adjacent municipality that is still collecting wastewater data. Here’s D.C.: And here’s Alexandria, VA: For context, the maximal values for Alexandria and D.C. during the January 2023 peak were 1,306 and 1,222 respectively, while the … Continue reading →