The U.S. saw a surge in COVID-19 cases following Memorial Day and July 4.
There are more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases and counting at the University of South Carolina and Indiana University, where students are being quarantined.
Memorial Day appeared to be the first domino of the summer surge, setting off an influx of cases across many states in the following weeks and months. Eight weeks after Memorial Day, and three weeks after the Fourth of July, cases peaked in the South, with a seven-day average of new cases standing at 39,587, an increase of nearly 418% from May 25.
"We don't want to see a surge under any circumstances. But particularly as we go on the other side of Labor Day and enter into the fall ... we don't want to go into that with another surge that we have to turn around again," he said. "Starting at a baseline of 40,000 daily cases is a bit of a disaster, and no; vaccine on Oct. 22 won't bail us out," he added.Although testing has increased substantially since the beginning of the summer, new cases and national testing has dropped by nearly 39% and 12.6% respectively, since the end of July. However, heading into the holiday weekend, a number of states are exhibiting concerning COVID-19 trends.
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