Forecasters say the coronavirus outbreaks across the South have been seeding a resurgence in the Northeast. Consequences could be severe unless the Northeast steps up social distancing immediately.
It's official - the total number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. has now topped 4 million. For weeks now, the case count has largely been driven by spiraling outbreaks across the South and West, but NPR has been talking to forecasters who say mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states could soon be in trouble again. Joining us now is NPR's global health correspondent Nurith Aizenman. Hi, Nurith.
DAVID RUBIN: We have launched this epidemic marching right up the East Coast - the beach areas of Virginia, Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. Over the last two weeks, the highest infection rates or rate of growth we've seen in a major city in this country have been in Baltimore, Md., and we are now seeing clear resurgence in the Philadelphia area and its collar counties.
SHAPIRO: But I'm thinking about states like New York and New Jersey that have really locked down after what they went through. I mean, they're telling people who come from other states to quarantine. They seem to have been really successful in limiting the spread of this virus. What changed? RUBIN: I've privately heard officials express some level of resignation that we could even go into sheltering in place. But if families are traveling outside the area and coming back, as soon as we lift those restrictions the transmission will return.
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