China News Service, August 6 reported that the Delta variant virus is raging in the United States, causing a surge in cases across the United States.
On the 4th local time, the United States reported more than 100,000 new confirmed cases, and the number of new cases reached the highest level in six months.
On the other hand, following repeated urges by the Biden administration, US vaccination has been raised to the highest level since the beginning of July, but there are still more than 90 million eligible people who have not yet been vaccinated.
On May 25th, local time, customers in the Chelsea Market Hall, New York, USA.
Since the passenger capacity restrictions of New York State museums, movie theaters, restaurants, retail and other commercial and cultural venues were lifted in late May, the passenger flow of the famous Chelsea Market in New York has gradually recovered.
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New infections in the U.S. are the highest in 6 months
Half of the cases are from these seven states
On the 5th local time, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Valenski said that on the 4th, the CDC reported 103,445 new confirmed cases of new crowns. The average has increased by 43%.
She also said that the average number of admissions per day for seven days was about 7,348, an increase of about 41% over the previous seven days; the average number of deaths per day for seven days also increased to 381, an increase of more than 39% over the previous seven days.
According to Reuters, the number of new cases in the United States reached the highest level in six months on the 4th.
Fauci, the chief infectious disease expert in the United States, has previously warned that in the next few weeks, as the delta variant continues to spread, the number of US cases may double to 200,000 per day.
The White House said on the 5th local time that last week, the seven states with the lowest new crown vaccination rates in the United States reported half of the total number of new cases in the country.
The seven states are Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
Among them, the new cases in Florida and Texas accounted for one-third of all new cases in the United States, and the proportion of new hospitalized cases was even higher.
Data map: The United States under the epidemic.
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Fauci: Delta is a thousand times more powerful than earlier variants
U.S.
vaccination reached its highest level since early July
At present, the delta variant virus still dominates the epidemic in the United States.
The latest CDC data shows that in the last two weeks of July, new cases caused by the delta variant accounted for 93% of all new cases.
In the central and western regions, this proportion is even higher, even reaching more than 98%.
The rapid spread of the virus has also accelerated the once stalled vaccination work in the United States.
The White House said on the 5th that in recent days, the new crown vaccination situation has made progress, and more than 864,000 vaccinations have been recorded in the past 24 hours, which is the highest number of single-day vaccinations since July 3.
White House Coordinator Zines said: "We have seen the strong momentum brought about by vaccination requirements issued across the country. Companies know that vaccination is a way to ensure the safety of employees and customers and to maintain operations."
Zines also said that in the seven states with the highest number of new cases, the rate of people getting vaccinated has also increased, which is "never before since April."
At the same time, the Biden administration’s response team for the surge in new crown cases is now working with 16 states to address specific needs, deploying hundreds of federal personnel to provide assistance across the country, including support for testing, mobile vaccination clinics, and help with hospital capacity. problem.
According to the CDC report, more than 70% of American adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 60.7% of American adults have been fully vaccinated.
Among all eligible Americans, that is, people over 12 years of age, 67.9% have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 58.3% have been fully vaccinated.
However, in some states in the United States, vaccination rates are far below the national average.
Nationwide, there are still about 93 million eligible Americans who have not been vaccinated.
Fauci said on the 5th that if the United States cannot contain the community spread of the new coronavirus, more variants that can evade vaccine protection will continue to emerge.
"That's why my colleagues and I have reiterated over and over again that it is very important to get as many people as possible vaccinated."
He also pointed out: "Some people say,'I don't want to get vaccinated because this is my business, I am responsible for myself and I will not have any influence on other people.' But this is not the case."
In addition, Fauci also said that the number of viruses carried by Delta is now 1,000 times that of the early alpha variant viruses.
He pointed out that if the spread cannot be completely suppressed and new variants of the virus appear, the situation will become more difficult, and he once again called on the public to be vaccinated as soon as possible.