CDC ‘deeply concerned’ about rising Covid cases as vaccinations accelerate
by Jewel Wicker in Atlanta and Joan E Greve in Washin from US news | The Guardian on (#5FTZ5)
Most recent weekly average shows 7% increase in Covid infections in US from previous week, at about 57,000 cases a day
Top US government coronavirus experts warned on Friday that there is deep concern about infections rising again and although there is cause for optimism amid accelerating vaccinations there is no case for relaxation" in the pandemic.
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said at a White House briefing that the most recent weekly average shows a 7% increase in infections in the US from the previous week, at about 57,000 cases a day.
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