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Members of the Pittsfield Board of Health said at a recent meeting that the citys daily coronavirus case data shows “a shadow of what is going on” and that Pittsfields

Public health officials monitor sewage in local communities to track COVID, polio, flu and more. But no one asks the people being monitored for their permission – raising some questions and concerns.

Pittsfield Health Department Director Andy Cambi offered slight optimism during a presentation to the City Council on Tuesday evening, saying that data from the citys weekly sewage testing show that

Over 800 sites across the US report coronavirus data from sewage to the CDC. Here’s how this kind of surveillance system works and what it can and can’t tell you.

The rising COVID-19 case numbers, combined with low hospitalizations, is painting a confusing picture of how serious the current situation may be.

The citys level of transmissibility has been downgraded due to a decrease in the testing positivity rate below 5 percent.

Studies on the Omicron variant continue to determine its severity. We connect with local health officials to determine what the data is saying so far.

Around half of the 63 locally transmitted cases were in Yau Tsim Mong district.

PITTSFIELD — Before schools can reopen, the city must first see a dramatic turnaround in COVID-19 infections and test positivity rates. That was the message from Mayor Linda Tyer on Tuesday at the year’s first City Council meeting — a sprawling Zoom session that stretched past midnight — in which she cited an “enormous” increase in COVID-19 infections this past fall and winter. And while there was a decline in cases in mid-December, infections have surged once agai...

Byron Bays body-to-body crowds and bungled COVID sewage tests worry locals ThuThursday 31 updated ThuThursday 31 DecDecember 2020 at 12:54pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch (Supplied: Instagram) Print text only Cancel Byron Bay locals fear a deadly cocktail is brewing as visitors flock to the popular destination for New Years Eve celebrations, amid news that authorities have bungled the local COVID sewage testing results. Ke...