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Coronavirus cases and death counts around parts of the nation should begin decreasing next week, CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, stated in an interview with the American Medical Association
CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD ( Shutterstock)
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” You and I are visiting the cases continue to drop,” he said Thursday. “And then ideally this week and next week, you’re going to begin seeing the death rate really start to drop again.”
Redfield stated it requires time for mitigation efforts such as prevalent usage of face masks and shutting down bars to be shown in hotspots such as Arizona and Texas.
” It is important to understand these interventions are going to have a lag, that lag is going to be 3 to 4 weeks,” he said. “Hopefully this week and next week you’re going to start seeing the death rate truly begin to drop.”
The United States’ 7-day average for everyday COVID-19 deaths has actually been above 1000 for several weeks. On Thursday, the United States reported 1117 deaths, the COVID Tracking Project said.
The typical variety of new cases has actually been dropping just recently. The COVID Tracking Project stated 44,594 new cases were reported Thursday.
In the interview, Redfield stated hard-hit Southern states like Texas and Florida are seeing a decline in cases.
” We’re starting to see a few of the cases now in the red zone areas are falling, however if you take a look at those states that remain in what we call the yellow zone, between 5%and 10%, they’re not falling, so middle American right now is getting stuck,” he said.
States such as Nebraska and Oklahoma require to lower cases, he said.
” We don’t require to have a 3rd wave in the heartlands, we need to avoid that,” he stated.
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