COVID-19 live updates: US reports highest number of new cases in the world

[BeckyDem]

Just 57.6% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated.

By Emily Shapiro, Ivan Pereira, Meredith Deliso, and Morgan Winsor

Last Updated: July 29, 2021, 7:21 AM ET


The United States is facing a COVID-19 surge this summer as the more contagious delta variant spreads.

More than 611,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Just 57.6% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC on Tuesday, citing new science on the transmissibility of the delta variant, changed its mask guidance to now recommend everyone in areas with substantial or high levels of transmission -- vaccinated or not -- wear a face covering in public, indoor settings.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/covid-delta-variant-surge/?id=79058271


( All avoidable, so hard to see this happening when science gave us the remedy. )

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. If anyone wants the section the thread title refers to:

The U.S. reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the world in the last week, according to the World Health Organization. The U.S. saw a 131% increase in new cases for the week ending July 25 compared to the previous week, according to the WHO’s epidemiological report.

The U.S. was followed by Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and India.

Globally, there were 3.8 million new cases in the last week, an 8% increase over the previous week. The number of new COVID-19-related deaths also increased sharply this week to over 69,000, a 21% jump from 57,000 deaths last week.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/covid-delta-variant-surge/?id=79058271#79119170

But ABC never bothered telling anyone what the USA number was.

[BeckyDem]

2. Thank you, muriel.