New Covid-19 cases in the United States have been trending down since hitting a peak last week, but experts say it’s too soon to be overly optimistic.
The US recorded 1.5 million new Covid-19 cases in the past seven days, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University — an 11% drop from the previous week. Cases declined in 35 states week-over-week, and 18 states saw a drop in the number of deaths.
“These kinds of fluctuations, on a statistical basis, aren’t sustainable,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert with Johns Hopkins University.
