‘We could see as many as 6,000 cases a day’: Scientists chart future of COVID in Tampa Bay area
"People are not taking up the vaccines, and therefore what that has done is left a lot of people susceptible," Dr. Edwin Michael said.
Author: Emerald Morrow
Updated: 3:08 AM EDT August 3, 2021
TAMPA, Fla. — Scientists and data modelers tracking COVID-19 cases in the Tampa Bay area predict between 4,300 and 6,000 cases per day by the end of August, beginning of September if face masks and social distancing measures are not implemented to control the surge.
"That'll stop the spread in its tracks,” said Dr. Edwin Michael, an epidemiologist at the University of South Florida, who studies global infectious diseases.