US on track to see 200K daily COVID-19 cases, former CDC director says
Posted on AllSides July 27th, 2021
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The U.S. is on track to see 200,000 daily COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks, the former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director told CNN.
"We're heading into a rough time. It's likely, if our trajectory is similar to that in the United Kingdom, that we could see as many as 200,000 cases a day," Tom Frieden said on Monday.
However, the “horrific death tolls” seen last year during the pandemic will likely not return since so many vulnerable people are fully vaccinated, he added, according to CNN.
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