Covid-19 numbers, muddied by a drop in testing and slower reporting over the holiday, likely belie the depth of the crisis in the US.The rolling national case average was 178,049 on Tuesday, down 15% from a week ago.
Thirty-eight states reported notable drops in their seven-day average of new cases, and none saw significant increases, according to Covid Tracking Project data.
These numbers, though seemingly good, carry the heavy caveat of a holiday slump, and may spike as officials catch up on reporting.“Most of the reporting is not automated," said Carlos del Rio, a professor of medicine at Emory University. “If people got infected during holiday travel, its going to take two weeks for us to know something."The Transportation Security.