//US nearing 'rapid acceleration' of COVID-19 cases, expert warns, as daily infections top 60,000

US nearing 'rapid acceleration' of COVID-19 cases, expert warns, as daily infections top 60,000

A leading health expert says U.S. COVID-19 cases will begin to rapidly accelerate in a week as the country topped 60,000 new infections Tuesday — triple what the daily average was back in June, when restrictions had begun to ease.The prediction comes after several state leaders reimposed some measures to help curb the spread of the virus, fueled by small gatherings increasingly moving indoors with