As the weather begins to warm, doctors at the University of Virginia Health System remain hopeful that COVID-19 case counts will continue to decline. Experts say the country is in a much better place than it was last spring, even Charlottesville and Albemarle County even though the transmission levels locally remain high. However, Dr. Costi Sifri says there is a counter-balancing issue. As society returns to a more normal level of functioning and people take off masks indoors, the risk of transmission will remain.