New cases still hover around 72,000 per day — and infections are actually trending up in some pockets of the country, including parts of the Mountain West and the Northeast.
“The steepness of the deflection is not as good as it was, let’s say, a month or so ago …
“We’re looking for a level of control …
Measuring that goal will be “multiphase,” he said.
But he said “something that’s in our favor” is the opportunity to inoculate around 28 million children aged 5 to 11 who became eligible to receive a vaccine this week.