Examining the Association Between Reported COVID-19 Cases and Wastewater Surveillance in the City of Atlanta

Emory Team Members: Andrew Wang, Christine Moe, Marlene Wolfe, Pengbo Liu, Stephen Hilton, Weiding Fan, Lutfe-E-Noor Rahman, Matthew Cavallo, Caleb Cantrell

GDPH Team Member: Micheal Bryan

Project Goals: 

1. To examine the association between numbers of new COVID-19 cases reported and levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the wastewater samples for six influent line catchment areas

2. To examine the time lag of new case numbers reported and SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater

3. To explore whether the association between numbers of new cases reported and levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the wastewater samples depends on any demographic information (age, gender, sex, or race) or clinical symptoms