US sees highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day since August
CNNCNN — The recent uptick in coronavirus cases across the United States has emergency physicians fearing it could represent the start of a “dreaded second wave.” “We are all seeing increasing numbers of Covid-19 patients who are coming into our ERs, who are getting really sick, requiring hospitalization and even intensive care,” Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency room physician and Brown University associate professor, told CNN’s Erica Hill. The physician’s grim warning comes a day after health officials reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in a day in almost two months. The true number of coronavirus deaths in the United States is well over a quarter million, former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said Saturday during CNN’s town hall, “Coronavirus: Facts and Fears.” Frieden, who served as CDC director under President Barack Obama, said a lot of the confusion about Covid-19 mortality rates is the result of the way deaths are listed on death certificates. And across the US, 28 states – scattered mostly across the Midwest and Northeast – are reporting more new cases than the previous week, according to Johns Hopkins.