But doctors tell DailyMail.com they have some fears another surge could form after the holiday this year just like the year before. The state of Arizona became a COVID-19 hotspot, and hospitals like Bessel's were overwhelmed with patients. Coronavirus cases have also risen in Nevada by 167 percent in the past two weeks from around 250 per day to around 660 per day. She noted that Arizona - where about 50 percent of the state's population has received one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine - is below the national average of 67 percent and is not near herd immunity yet. He uses Spring Break, where, similar to July 4, thousands of people flocked to Florida's beaches for a weekend of debauchery, and a surge of cases did not occur.

Source: The Nation July 03, 2021 18:00 UTC