Virus Outbreaks Will Surge Next Week in 3 US Cities: Surgeon General

Paramedics move a patient into the hospital during the outbreak of the CCP virus in the Manhattan borough of New York City on March 25, 2020. Carlo Allegri/Reuters

Several cities are expected to see an increase in CCP virus cases and deaths next week, warned Surgeon General Jerome Adams.

“Hot spots” such as Detroit, Chicago, and New Orleans can expect a surge in patients, he told CBS News on Friday. Currently, the hardest-hit metropolitan area in the United States is New York City, which has registered thousands of cases and several hundred deaths.