While US exceeds 11,000 deaths, officials express optimism about early effects of social distancing measures
April 7, 2020 / By Christina Maxouris and Jason Hanna, CNN
(CNN) – As the US coronavirus death toll moves past 11,000, health officials say parts of the country that leaned in heavily to social distancing measures may be seeing a slowdown in the growth of coronavirus cases.
The majority of people in the US are “doing the right thing” by staying home and following other mitigation measures to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday.
“I’m seeing mitigation work,” Adams said. “I know I’ve said it a couple times with Washington and with California. Their public health officials there should be applauded because they’ve given us the blueprint for how we deal with this and the rest of the country.”
There are now at least 368,533 coronavirus cases, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases in the US.
President Donald Trump warned Americans last week to prepare for a “painful” two weeks ahead as he extended nationwide distancing measures and acknowledged the severity of the virus.
