White House Warns COVID-19 Cases Could Double Late This Year

White House Warns COVID-19 , Cases Could Double Late This Year.

The United States could soon experience an influx of COVID-19 cases, White House officials warn.

According to 'The Washington Post,' officials expect 100 million new infections and a potential wave of coronavirus-related deaths.

The CDC says the United States has seen almost 82 million positive infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

Though experts say case counts could be much higher than the official record, .

A new wave of 100 million infections would more than double recorded totals.

The unknown is how many variants that are immune evading will come out between now and December.

, Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.

The unknown is how many variants that are immune evading will come out between now and December.

, Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.

For each new variant that is sufficiently immune evading... , Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.

...you can kind of expect a wave, as long as it’s contagious enough.

, Dr. Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.

Experts worry federal officials are not currently doing enough to prepare for the next wave of coronavirus.

We're not doing anything.

, Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'.

We're sort of drifting in the ocean.

We're being hit again and again by waves of something we have no control over.

, Arijit Chakravarty, COVID researcher CEO of Fractal Therapeutics, via 'Yahoo Finance'