As June begins and summer vacation plans kick off, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are about five times higher than they were at this time last year, according to CDC data.
By the end of the summer, as cases increased again nationwide, the CDC urged people to wear masks while indoors. Some cities also put indoor mask mandates back in place at the end of July.
Without those precautions this year, the cases will likely continue to increase this summer, Fisher said. “There is a great chance that we will have another surge after Memorial Day weekend,” she told 11 Alive. “I want folks -- despite their COVID-19 and fatigue -- to still have a community spirit so that we can move toward an endemic phase and get out of the pandemic phase, which we are very much still in.”CDC: “COVID Data Tracker: Trends in Number of COVID-19 Cases and Death in the US Reported to CDC, by State/Territory.”American Academy of Pediatrics: “Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report, data available as of May 26, 2022.”11 Alive: “COVID cases up as US heads into summer with fewer mitigation measures.
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