The darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic are yet to come, top disease expert warns

[Yoni Heisler]

• Dr. Osterholm, a top infectious disease doctor, believes the next 2-3 months “are going to be the darkest of the entire pandemic.”
• Osterholm anticipates new coronavirus cases will surge past 75,000 per day by November.
• More than 10 states have recently seen coronavirus infections reach peak levels.

When the coronavirus pandemic first began sweeping across the country in March, many people assumed that life would return to normal after a few short months. Unfortunately, the U.S. hasn't even come close to defeating the coronavirus over the past seven months. A look at the current coronavirus data is beyond sobering, to say the least.

Just this past weekend, more than 10 states reported a record-breaking number of coronavirus infections. Wisconsin, in particular, has been especially ravaged by the coronavirus in recent weeks. On Monday, the cheese state reported more than 7,500 new coronavirus cases, a figure that's three times higher than the number of new cases the state reported just four weeks prior.

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