Fauci: US seeing 'disturbing' new surge of infections
By Nathaniel Weixel - 06/23/20 12:22 PM EDT
Anthony Fauci, the administration's top infectious disease doctor, told a House panel on Tuesday that the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a "mixed bag," adding that a new increase in cases is "disturbing."
"In some respects, we've done very well," Fauci said during an Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, specifically praising the way New York has been containing the worst outbreak in the country to date.
"However, in other areas of the country, we are now seeing a disturbing surge of infections that looks like it's a combination, but one of the things is an increase in community spread. And that's something I'm really quite concerned about," Fauci said.
There are now about 30,000 new cases per day in the United States. The number of new cases had leveled off at about 20,000, and stayed there for weeks before rising this past weekend.
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