The latest data from the results of the laboratory tests of the National Sewage Epidemiology Network for the epidemiological surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the last two weeks show a rapid increase in the coronavirus load (+ 430%) in Rethymno. operates under the coordination of EODY.
At the same time, a significant increase is observed in both Chania and Xanthi where the viral load is estimated at +242 and 221%.
The viral load in Attica increased by 20% while it is estimated that it is in Thessaloniki by 62% increased.
It should be noted that the value of the frequency of the Omicron strain in the sewage of Thessaloniki in the week 20-26 / 12/21 ranged at 20%, in the week 27/12 / 21-02 / 01/22 at 62% and in the last week 03 -09/01/22 at 89%.
The samples come from the Attica Region and the cities of Thessaloniki, Larissa, Volos, Heraklion, Chania, Rethymnon, Agios Nikolaos Lassithi, Patras, Xanthi, Alexandroupolis and Ioannina.
The samples are taken from the entrances of the local Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWUs) and correspond to the population served by them.
During the week 3 to 9 January 2022, there were increasing trends, compared to the week 27 December 2021 to 2 January 2022, in the average weekly viral load of coronavirus in urban wastewater in eight of the twelve (8/12) areas controlled by the National Network of Sewage Epidemiology (EDEL) of EODY.
The net upward trends ranged from + 59% in Larissa to + 242% in Chania. Marginal increase was observed in Patras (+ 18%) and the Attica Region (+ 20%), while the urban wastewater load remained stable in Agios Nikolaos (+ 4%) and Heraklion (+ 10%).
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