As the US nears an average of 200,000 Covid-19 cases a day, experts say “behavior and cold weather” are behind the current surge gripping American communities.
“People are going indoors; they do not mind the three W’s,” Health and Human Services secretary, Alex Azar, told Fox News’s Chris Wallace Sunday. “Our advice is always the same. Wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face coverings.”
Health experts have long warned that the holiday season would bring a spike in coronavirus cases as people increasingly gather indoors. As of Sunday, the US averaged 196,233 new cases over the last week, another record high, according to a CNN analysis of Johns Hopkins data.
More than 14.7 million confirmed cases have been reported in the US since the pandemic began, and more than 282,310 people have died.
