According to CNN, cold weather and habits are the cause of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, which have climbed to nearly 200,000 daily in the U.S. Alex Azar, Health and Human Services secretary, told Fox News on Sunday that people are neglecting the three "W's." He explained "Wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face coverings." Health experts predicted that the winter and holidays would bring increase the cases.
Sunday marked the fifth consecutive day that the US surpassed 100,000 hospitalizations.
This comes only a week after people traveled for Thanksgiving and shortly before Christmas, which means that the full effects of the surge still may not yet been seen.
Azar told ABC, "We want to make sure everyone's loved ones are there NEXT Christmas, especially when we have so much hope of vaccines."