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US holiday travel impact may take weeks to show in Covid data

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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.

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