As states continue to ease coronavirus-related restrictions, more and more are seeking spikes in cases and hospitalizations.
June 12, 2020 -- Almost a month after many states began to roll back lockdowns and nearly 3 weeks after Memorial Day celebrations drew more Americans out of their homes to celebrate with friends and family, COVID-19 cases are rising in more than a dozen states across the southern and western regions of the U.S.
While many are calling this a second wave of COVID-19 infections, infectious disease experts say there’s no accepted definition for what a second wave would be. Instead, they say, since the U.S. never eliminated the virus to begin with, it’s probably better to think of the recent increases in some cities and states as a second peak in an ongoing epidemic.
“I’m growing increasingly concerned that we may be approaching the precipice of a disaster,” Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said in a news conference in Houston on Thursday. Since May 1, Texas has reopened in phases, lifting more restrictions every few weeks. “Today, I am more concerned about COVID-19 in South Carolina than I have ever been before,” Linda Bell, MD, the state’s chief epidemiologist, said in a June 10 news briefing. She noted that South Carolina had seen some of its highest daily numbers of COVID-19 cases over the past 2 weeks, and that the percentage of COVID-19 tests that came back positive was also increasing, meaning the virus was spreading through the community again.
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