With the US mostly having "opened up" after more than two months of lock-down, whether this will cause a resurgence of coronavirus infections and deaths remains to be seen.

But there are certainly some worrisome signs. For instance, the number of people sickened with Covid-19 across Texas hospitals hit a new high Wednesday, surging about 11% in a single day.

Or consider the chart below, which shows infections appear to be spreading along major highways and interstates across the United States.

New COVID-19 hot spots are popping up along interstates in California, Arizona and the Carolinas, according to data compiled this week by the PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

For example, many infections are now clustered around I-10, which stretches through southern US from California to Florida.

New cases are also clustered alongside I-5, which runs the length of California, and on I-85, which stretches through North and South Carolina.

The Daily Mail reported that Dr David Rubin, the director of PolicyLab, told the Daily Beast that he fears the data is showing that the spikes are occurring as people travel more interstate as lockdown measures are lifted.

He added that the current uptick in southwestern states, like Arizona, could soon move north and affect metro areas like San Francisco.

As SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore wrote last week, The Virus Crisis - It's not Over til It's Over.

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