The U.S. is ¡°going in the wrong direction¡± in its effort to contain the novel coronavirus and daily case counts could more than double if behaviors don¡¯t change, infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.
His comments came the same day as new COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 in the country, according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic.
Pinpointing indoor gatherings, particularly bar scenes with lines out the door and patrons standing shoulder to shoulder, Fauci told a Senate panel that new cases of COVID-19 could rise to 100,000 a day.
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