New method accurately reflects hotspots in epidemic

(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) A new method to monitor epidemics like COVID-19 gives an accurate real-time estimate of the growth rate of an epidemic by carefully evaluating the relationship between the amount of viruses in infected people's bodies, called the viral load, and how fast the number of cases is increasing or decreasing.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news