The U.S. reported 39,844 new coronavirus cases Sunday and was closing in on 200,000 deaths, amid fears that the country was heading for a new wave of infections.
Twelve states reported at least 1,000 new confirmed cases on Saturday, led by California with 3,822 and Texas with 3,377.
“I think we have at least one more cycle with this virus heading into the fall and winter,” Scott Gottlieb, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, said on “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “If you look at what’s happening around the country right now, there’s an unmistakable spike in new infections.” He cited about 30 states where the rate of transfer is above one, which indicates “an expanding epidemic.”
So far, 199,511 people in the U.S. have died of the virus and 6.8 million have been infected, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Some 31 million people have been infected world-wide, according to Johns Hopkins data, which put the global death toll at 960,698.
The daily U.S. increase was smaller than the 41,037 a day earlier. But the seven-day average for Saturday was 39,978, higher than the two-week average of 37,143. When the seven-day average is higher than the two-week average, which has been the case in the U.S. since Tuesday, it suggests cases are increasing.
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