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When 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó researchers want to predict the path of the pandemic they pop open a manhole.

Edwin Oh, an associate professor at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó, was among the first to discover the omicron variant in Clark County.

Wastewater surveillance is becoming more widespread in the U.S. to fight COVID-19.

51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp researchers predict that most news cases of COVID-19 in Southern Nevada for at least the next three weeks will be caused by the more contagious but seemingly milder omicron variant.

Data from wastewater treatment plants across southern Nevada show coronavirus levels at all-time highs, according to researchers at 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó and the Southern Nevada Water Authority.

Researchers tracking COVID-19 in Southern Nevada's wastewater reported a stunning finding on Monday.

Researchers have detected an omicron variant of the coronavirus in wastewater in southern Nevada, but in initial reports it does not appear to be widespread.

The first known case of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Clark County, the Southern Nevada Health District announced Tuesday. This is also the first known case of the variant in the state of Nevada, health officials stated.