Data from the CDC on the Delta variant and US vaccination rates and from the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map on cases and deaths in the US and worldwide.
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According to early estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 20, 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant makes up 82.2% of COVID-19 cases in the United States.
The CDC estimates as of July 27, 2021, the 5 states with the highest unweighted proportion of new cases attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant are:
According to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 interactive map, as of today, August 3, 2021 at 3:20 PM, EDT, there have been:
Deaths: California has the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 with 64 558 reported fatalities, followed by New York with 53 669 and Texas with 53 342.
Globally, there have been 199 304 876 confirmed cases, 4 242 337 deaths, and 4 188 670 013 vaccine doses administered.