The top US infectious disease official, Dr.
Anthony Fauci, on Friday cautioned that the "blips" of rising coronavirus hospitalizations being reported by some states could get out of control if robust contact tracing regimes are not put in place.
"But when you start seeing more hospitalizations, that's a sure fire sign that you're in a situation where you're going in the wrong direction," Fauci said. Texas and North Carolina on Friday reported their highest hospitalization rates since the pandemic began. But officials in both states point out they also have among the lowest rates of deaths from COVID-19.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on Friday that while his state's rise in hospitalizations and new cases were sobering, moving ahead with more reopenings was not off the table.
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