According to CNN, cold weather and habits are the cause of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, which have climbed to nearly 200,000 daily in the U.S. <br />Alex Azar, Health and Human Services secretary, told Fox News on Sunday that people are neglecting the three "W's."<br />He explained "Wash your hands, watch your distance, wear face coverings." <br />Health experts predicted that the winter and holidays would bring increase the cases. <br />Sunday marked the fifth consecutive day that the US surpassed 100,000 hospitalizations.<br />This comes only a week after people traveled for Thanksgiving and shortly before Christmas, which means that the full effects of the surge still may not yet been seen. <br />Azar told ABC, "We want to make sure everyone's loved ones are there NEXT Christmas, especially when we have so much hope of vaccines."
