Progressive drop in COVID-19 cases in southern U.S. states, says CDC director

... State leaders who have reported a leveling of new cases also attribute it to adherence to safety guidelines. In Washington state, where health officials say the rate of new cases is slowing, "face coverings have made a difference," Secretary of Health Dr. John Wiesman said.

Progressive drop in COVID-19 cases in southern U.S. states, says CDC director Southern U.S. states, which were hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, are seeing a progressive drop in coronavirus cases, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. Reuters Editorial U.S.

(Reuters) - Southern U.S. states, which were hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, are seeing a progressive drop in coronavirus cases, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday.

“Hopefully, by this week and next week we will see the death rate really start to drop (across the country),” CDC Director Robert Redfield said in an interview to the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The United States has more than 5 million cases of confirmed coronavirus infections, the highest in the world, according to a Reuters tally.

However, Redfield warned that data from 21 U.S. states showed there was no drop in coronavirus cases for states such as Nebraska and Oklahoma.

“We don’t need to have a third wave in the heartlands, we need to prevent that.”