The nation's top infectious disease expert says the U.S. is currently on a trajectory in its Indian 'Delta' Covid outbreak that is similar to the one seen in the UK earlier this year.
In a conversation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday, Dr Anthony Fauci discussed the recent surge in America, where average cases have risen 266 percent in the last three weeks from 23,000 per day to 85,000.
Meanwhile, in Britain, daily cases have hit a five-week low after peaking around 54,000 in mid-July.
Fauci said the U.S. is seeing a rise in people getting vaccinated, but that is likely to have a delayed effect on case rates.
'Since an acceleration of vaccines doesn't give a result until several weeks after, we are already on a trajectory that looks strikingly similar to the sharp incline that the UK saw,' he explained.
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases also predicted that the U.S. would see as many as 200,000 cases a day before infections start to decline.
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Dr Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday (above) that the U.S is currently on a trajectory in its recent surge of COVID-19 cases that is 'strikingly similar' to the outbreak seen in the UK
Coronavirus infections in Britain peaked at 54,000 in mid-July and have since declined to a five-week low of 21,691 recorded on Tuesday, while the U.S. has been about three to four weeks behind
'Remember, we went from an average of about 12 to 15,000 cases a day to 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 - we're up to 70 now,' Fauci said.
'We are going to be between 100 and 200,000 cases before this thing starts to turn around.'
Fauci's predictions are similar to those made by UK Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid.
When Britain was in the midst of its Delta-driven surge
