According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House chief medical advisor, the U.S. Covid-19 case count must drop “well below 10,000 per day” to maintain some degree of pre-pandemic health.

According to CNBC’s analysis of Johns Hopkins University data, the U.S. has reported nearly 83,000. New Covid cases per day in the past week. This is 14% more than the previous week. Fauci stated that Covid incidences may have to drop to as low as 3300 per day in order to control the disease at the 2021 STAT Summit.

The number of daily infections in the U.S. hasn’t fallen below 10,000 per day since March 2020.

Fauci stated that if the number of people affected by the crisis drops to well under 10,000 it would allow them to return to normality. “But again, I have to warn the listeners, these are not definitive statements – these are just estimates.”

Covid cases at the U.S. plateaued between 70,000 and 75,000 per dayIt was up for nearly three weeks, before it started to fall again towards the end of last Week. Fauci claimed that the stabilization of cases at such a high level is a sign that the country had “really bad command” over the pandemic. Fauci also said that the U.S. may be in for trouble as it heads into winter without proper health precautions.

Fauci claimed that 60 million of the eligible unvaccinated citizens in the United States were the driving force behind the current uptick. Monday night“The News with Shepard Smith.” On Tuesday, he stated that booster shots will be helpful in countering new cases and hospitalizations due to waning immunity.

Fauci indicated that the highly contagious delta strain will continue to thrive as long as Covid cases in the U.S. remain high. This affects both those who are not vaccinated or those who have waned immunity.

Fauci stated that “the unvaccinated” are extremely vulnerable. However, as long as there is a high level of viral activity in the population, breakthrough infections will be possible.

Fauci indicated that vaccinations and boosters for those who are vaccinated, as well as facial coverings indoors could all help to keep the virus under control over the next few months, and prevent outbreaks like the ones currently plaguing Europe. This week saw the addition of approximately 2.1million Covid cases on the continent, an increase that was not seen in previous weeks. World Health Organization blamesThe decreased use of social distancing and masks.

Certain regionsHopkins data shows that infections in America are increasing faster than other countries. As of Monday, the weekly average number of new infections per person increased in the Northeast and Midwest by 31% each, and 12% in the South.

CNBC’s Nate Rattner contributed to this reporting.