US health official Anthony Fauci says that the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States “is really not good” and a “serious situation that we have to address immediately.”
US health official Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday that the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States “is really not good” and a “serious situation that we have to address immediately.”
More states are also reporting a troubling increase in the percentage of COVID-19 diagnostic tests that come back positive - a key indicator of community spread that experts refer to as the rate of"positivity."Several states were averaging double-digit rates and climbing, including Arizona at 26 per cent, Florida at 19 per cent and Mississippi at 17 per cent.
The disquieting surge in new cases has prompted many local leaders to slow down or roll back business reopenings in hopes of curbing infection rates that have started to overwhelm hospitals in some areas.US says foreign students whose classes move online have to leave the country
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