Cases of the new coronavirus in the United States exceeded 6 million on Sunday, while many Midwest states reported an increase in infections, according to a Reuters count.
Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota recently reported a record increase in new cases in one day, while Montana and Idaho have a record number of recently hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner who appeared on CBS ‘Face the Nation on Sunday, said the trend is concerning.
“The maximum trend at the moment is that when we see instances that fall in the Sun Belt, they are repeated in other parts of the country, that is, in the Midwest and the West and that is, in the regions. rural areas of the country. a wonderful fear because those parts of the country have fewer physical care resources to deal with the epidemic. They don’t have the same kinds of hospitals and the same kinds of resources to deal with an epidemic like this. “
Most of those new to Iowa are in counties that are home to the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, which teach face-to-face classes.
More than six months since the World Health Organization declared the spread of the coronavirus a pandemic, the United States continues to struggle with testing, and the number of other people who have received tests has decreased in recent weeks.