COVID-19 cases are falling in many of the original delta-variant hot spots in the U.S. That means the rest of the country could soon follow, dodging the mass hospitalizations and surging deaths seen recently in Florida and the Deep South.
Maybe.
The U.S. is recording more than 1,000 deaths a day, a count that has more than tripled in a month. But in Arkansas and Missouri, where the delta surge began, the seven-day average of cases is down 12% from the peak, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Florida and Louisiana — the second phase of the U.S. delta wave — are starting to see similar declines. Cases are climbing in other states, but the pace has slowed.
One of the few immutable truths of the U.S. pandemic has been that viral surges never last more than a few months; then, daily infections decline. But the emergence of the highly infectious delta variant has challenged many assumptions — including the idea that the pandemic’s end was imminent.
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{Matzav.com}