Covid cases are starting to rise once again in parts of the U.S. after nearly three months of declines coming off of the massive winter Omicron surge – but health officials say it’s not a cause for concern because hospitalizations and deaths remain low.
Dr Ashish Jha, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator who also served as dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told NBC’s TODAY and MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday morning that despite recent case rises in more than half of U.S. states, Americans do not have reason to be ‘excessively concerned’ about the current pandemic situation.
According to most recent data, daily Covid cases have increased over the past two weeks in 26 U.S. states. Cases are increasing nationwide as well, with data from Friday, April 8, reporting an average of 36,204 daily infections – a 25 percent jump from the previous week.
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