US surgeon general says Covid-19 projections are scary, but urges Americans to keep following precautions
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks with CNN on Sunday, January 3. CNN
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams called on the American people to continue to take Covid-19 precautions as cases surge following the Thanksgiving holiday, and the impacts of travel over the Christmas holiday continue to unfold. I want people to know the projections are pretty scary, but they are projections. What we do now matters. If you gathered over the holidays outside of your household without a mask, there are still measures you can take right now, Adams told CNN s Jake Tapper.
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US daily COVID-19 hospitalizations have hovered above 100,000 for a month - but experts say the post-holiday surge is yet to come
US daily COVID-19 hospitalizations have hovered above 100,000 for a month - but experts say the post-holiday surge is yet to come
Aria BendixJan 3, 2021, 23:48 IST
Respiratory therapist Andrew Hoyt cares for a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center in Chula Vista, California on December 21, 2020.Mario Tama/Getty Images
Saturday marked one month of more than 100,000 consecutive, daily coronavirus
hospitalizations in the US.
Christmas holiday.
Experts anticipate that hospitalizations will continue to climb, meaning the pandemic s worst days may still be ahead.
By Tal Axelrod - 01/02/21 09:30 AM EST
A top COVID-19 model predicts 150,000 more deaths in the U.S. in the next month as the country heads into what is anticipated to be the worst phase of the pandemic.
Projections from the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation show the death toll over the next month could be far beyond that of December, which set a record at about 77,500.
Overall, nearly 348,000 people in the U.S. have died from the coronavirus, and there have been more than 20.1 million cases in the country since the outbreak began.
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Public health experts predict the coming months will be among the most dangerous since the pandemic began, anticipating spikes in cases stemming from Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings. Those spikes could be exacerbated during colder months as social events move to indoor settings where the virus can more easily spread.
Record-high Covid-19 hospitalizations could soon have a devastating impact on people without coronavirus. "If you are in a car accident, you're going to want us to save your life," one doctor says. "You're going to want . physicians who are not caring for 20 other patients at the same time."