New U.S. coronavirus cases could more than double to 100,000
per day if the current surge spirals further out of control, the government’s
top infectious disease expert warned on Tuesday, although he was “cautiously
optimistic” a vaccine would be available early next year.
California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new epicenters
of the pandemic, each reporting record increases in COVID-19 cases, adding to
pressure on scores of potential vaccines being rushed into trials.
“Clearly we are not in total control right now,” Dr. Anthony
Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told
a U.S. Senate committee. “I am very concerned because it could get very bad.”
Fauci said the daily increase in new cases nationwide,
currently around 40,000, could reach 100,000 unless a full nationwide effort
was undertaken to tamp down the resurgent virus.
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