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ShareDr. , the U.S.'s top infectious diseases expert, has warned that there could be another COVID surge on the way as many as 15 states face rising case numbers.The national daily case tally has fallen by nearly a third over the last month and, as of Saturday, more than 118 million vaccine doses had been administered, .But health experts are worried there could be a resurgence if health measures like mask use are relaxed too soon.Dr. Fauci, the director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he was concerned that the flattening of cases was making Americans complacent, and that it could presage a rise in case numbers."If you look at the dynamics of the outbreak, we had that big surge in the winter, the midwinter, the late winter then it started coming down really nicely," he told Today, "and now it's plateaued."That is not a good thing, because what has happened in the past...that when you have that plateauing—that's usually the forerunner of another surge."More than a dozen states, the New York area and the Mid-Atlantic, have had at least a 10 percent spike in numbers, according to analysis by News of data.Fauci highlighted how the U.S. should take heed of the , which is around a month ahead of the U.S. in the dynamics of their outbreak and currently experiencing a COVID surge.Regions in Italy have again, while Germany's head of public health warned it of a "massive" third wave. On Friday, in tightening COVID measures.Fauci said Europe offered a valuable lesson for the U.S. telling the program on Saturday, "they went up like us, came back down, plateaued, and they pulled back on their public health measures, masking and things like that.""Right now they are going through the beginning of a surge—five or ten percent increases. I'm really concerned if we declare victory prematurely then that is what is going to happen."This week, Fauci defended the use of face masks following an exchange with Senator who told him during a committee meeting, "you parade around in two masks for show.", Fauci replied: "Can I just state for the record that masks are not theater. I totally disagree with you."The graphic below provided by compares newly confirmed COVID cases in the U.S. and in Europe., orVSCHOOSE YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONPREMIUMDIGITAL+ Ad FreeNEWSLETTERBEST OF NEWSWEEK VIA EMAILJoin half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters

ShareDr. , the U.S.'s top infectious diseases expert, has warned that there could be another COVID surge on the way as many as 15 states face rising case numbers.The national daily case tally has fallen by nearly a third over the last month and, as of Saturday, more than 118 million vaccine doses had been administered, .But health experts are worried there could be a resurgence if health measures like mask use are relaxed too soon.Dr. Fauci, the director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he was concerned that the flattening of cases was making Americans...

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