Coronavirus waste water levels in Mass., N.H. soar to ‘very high’ levels – The Boston Globe

The CDC reported that Massachusetts waste water levels reached 13.53 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter of waste water as of July 20 compared to 6.14 copies per milliliter nationally. Just two weeks earlier, Massachusetts levels were recorded at 3.64 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter, according to the CDC data.

An equally dramatic escalation was recorded in New Hampshire, according to the CDC. As of July 20, Granite State waste water levels hit 14.49 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter, the CDC reported. Two weeks earlier, on July 6, test results recorded 4.93 coronavirus RNA copies per milliliter of waste water.

The data places both Massachusetts and New Hampshire among the 19 U.S. states with “very high” levels of the virus, the data shows.

Maine and Connecticut currently both have a “high” level of the virus in wastewater while Vermont and Rhode Island both have “moderate” levels, the CDC said.

Other states registering “very high” waste water levels include California, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Maryland, according to the CDC.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

John R. Ellement can be reached at john.ellement@globe.com. Follow him @JREbosglobe.