after months of an omicron surgeons, covid cases nationwide are down more than 25% from the peak. but not all states have reached their peak yet. a handful shown on this map, but covid remains deadly, about 2200 people in the u.s. continue to die from the virus every day. and we have an emergency room physician joining us. good to see you. dr. faanthony fauci says fr sai that he is cautiously opt mission tick that the wave is going in the right direction. do you share that optimism? i think that i do. i understand where he is coming from. a month ago, we weren t sure if we would see the same rapid decline in cases that we saw in south africa but that is coming to fruition. so that is a positive thing. at the same time, there are a lot of parts of this pandemic that we shouldn t be optimistic about, that are still a major concern. what do you mean? high number of cases and
spreading in children like never before. right now one in every four new cases is a child. and dr. anthony fauci says our kids are extremely vulnerable. if we want to protect the children particularly those who are not yet eligible for vaccination, you want to surround the children with people who are vaccinated, teachers, school personnel, everyone else. even though there are some government leaders locally who are trying to push back on that, we have to get the school system masked in addition to surrounding the children with vaccinated people. in florida, the miami-dade school system has been ravaged by the virus. 13 school employees have died since mid august. get more now from nick watt. reporter: christine and laura, outbreak mode, that is what dr. faanthony fauci says w are in right now, more than 4 million new covid-19 cases confirmed in just the past four
sister s brother. and not something on social media. i ll say it again, it makes people dumber and meaner. talk to your doctor. all right. thank you. and dr. faanthony fauci will be live on new day next hour. hopes are fading for a fall rebound in business travel after a strong summer. airlines were counting on the fall being all about the return of business travel to keep the rebound going. hotels were looking forward to rooms filling up with business travelers. but fewer in-person meetings and events. and delta air lines said business travel had returned to 40%, hoping for 60% by september but the ceo told the wall street journal there is a pause in that growth. once again hospitality and entertainment are concerned about the pandemic. last month southwest, airbnb, disney, norwegian and tyson