More people are getting bitten by dogs - the badly socialized pandemic puppies are now adults? (The article says its not clear if this is an anomaly or a trend) 
Discussion
Dogs are the first and foremost victims of the government induced poverty.
People have lost touch with themselves and nature. 99,9% of dog owners doesn't know what they are doing with 'dog' as a species. Which means 99,9% of dogs are out of control, because there's no calm assertive human to lead them.
This trend will continue to get worse.
Could it just be that there are more dogs because everyone got puppies in the pandemic? Not necessarily that they are more likely to bite people?