Covid-19 Cases Now Rising In The U.S.

Daily Mail: US records 20,000 new COVID cases three days in a row for the first time since May as Delta variant continues to ravage areas with low vaccination rates

* New daily cases of COVID topped 20,000 in the US for the third day on Friday

* Parts of Missouri and Arkansas where vaccination is low are fueling the surge

* Delta variant now accounts for more than half of all new cases nationwide

* New cases are up 46% from two weeks ago and hospitalizations rose 11%

The U.S. has recorded more than 20,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 for the third day in a row, a threshold that has not been crossed since May.

Health officials say that the fast-spreading Delta variant first identified in India is racing through areas with low vaccination rates, eroding gains made in beating back the virus.

On Friday, the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases was up 47 percent from two weeks ago, and hospitalizations were up 11 percent, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.

Around 93 percent of COVID-19 cases in recent days have occurred in counties with vaccination rates of less than 40 percent, CDC director Rochelle Walensky told a media briefing on Thursday.

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