A top US health official said that with deaths from Covid-19 expected to continue rising in coming weeks, “everything should be on the table,” including renewed lockdowns in hard-hit states, according to AFP.

“We're all very concerned,” said Admiral Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary of health, on ABC's This Week.

In particular, he called for the re-closing of bars, greater spacing in restaurants and the near-universal wearing of masks in the areas most afflicted, which are largely in southern states that reopened aggressively.