Spotlight: Experts warn U.S. already in fall, winter surge as COVID-19 cases surpass 8 mln

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Leading experts warned that a new COVID-19 surge has already hit the United States as the country's case count topped 8 million on Friday.

"We went down to the lowest point lately in early September, around 30,000-35,000 new cases a day. Now we're back up to about 50,000 new cases a day. And it's going to continue to rise," said Peter Hotez, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.