My wife is a pharmd. She has witnessed how the virus is no longer as deadly as it once was. The "spike" is due to lots more testing available. Some have had the virus but were unaware, in fact an RN she worked with tested positive and all she had was some mild symptoms. There are many cases like this. A local plant tested workers here and found a bunch of cases and none were severely symptomatic.
Unfortunately this is a political tool for the Left, for fear mongering, control, panic, accusing, power grab &c. My personal opinion is the Left wants a spike. As you can see many are hoodwinked by the MSM.