Health Experts Brace For Winter Surge In COVID Cases

Changing America reports:

A new surge in coronavirus cases in Europe is causing concern in the United States, with some doctors and researchers predicting an equally troubling spike in the U.S. According to the latest data from the CDC, the average of new daily coronavirus cases in the U.S. is over 85,000, a more than 14 percent increase from a week ago.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) projected 863,000 total deaths from the coronavirus pandemic by March 2022. However, the CDC reports 762,994 people have already died in the U.S. from COVID-19. The IHME’s worst-case scenario projection predicts more than 1 million coronavirus deaths by March 2022.

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Will we have a winter surge? How bad COVID gets in the next few months will depend on these 3 things. My latest: https://t.co/DCuWfOjtAu

— Sarah Zhang (@sarahzhang) November 18, 2021

JUST IN: Gov. Gavin Newsom warned that California is in for another potentially devastating winter surge, calling for all residents 18 and older to get booster shots.https://t.co/O5wPc9eGyt

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) November 17, 2021

Coronavirus cases are increasing again in more than half of the U.S., possibly indicating the beginning of a new surge for the winter. https://t.co/prqCQ5VJ9w pic.twitter.com/WmBMR38Cb0

— WebMD (@WebMD) November 17, 2021

NEW: Weekly new case counts in 14 states — including Oklahoma — have increased by at least 25% from the prior week and by at least 15% in 24 states.

A plateau or start of winter surge? Oklahoma experts concerned as COVID outbreaks occur to west, northhttps://t.co/Uf4sslTe0D

— Corey Jones (@JonesingToWrite) November 17, 2021

NYC is doubling its mobile testing fleet ahead of the winter holidays in the hopes of preventing a surge in new cases.https://t.co/OAWZFqyN0c

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 17, 2021