Anthony Fuchi, the chief infectious disease expert in the United States, said that the high number of Coronavirus infections reported by several states could be out of control if robust systems are not established to track contact with.
“The United States is vulnerable to an increase in the number of injuries while lifting restrictions on economic activity,” Fuchi told CNN..
“When you start seeing more cases in hospitals, this is definitely a warning sign that you are in a situation where you are going in the wrong direction”.
A Reuters survey said 114,000 people have so far died of Covid-19 in the United States.
About six US states are seeing a rise in the number of patients in hospitals.
And the states of Texas and North Carolina announced on Friday that the largest number of Covid-19 patients had been registered in hospitals since the outbreak of the epidemic, but officials in both states said they also had one of the lowest death rates..
Oregon Governor Kate Brown said she would suspend requests from some areas to lift restrictions on isolation after the state on Thursday recorded a record high number of daily injuries..
On Friday, Utah Governor Gary Herbert ordered most areas of the state to stop lifting restrictions after a jump in the number of injuries.