Half of the total US population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Plus more data on the Delta variant, cases, and mortalities in our daily update.
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According to early estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of August 3, 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant makes up 83.4% of COVID-19 cases in the United States.
The CDC estimates as of August 3, 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 6, 2021 at 4:21 PM, EDT, there have been:
Deaths: California has the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 with 64 721 reported fatalities, followed by New York with 53 694 and Texas with 53 600.
Globally, there have been 201 414 221 confirmed cases, 4 274 253 deaths, and 4 343 990 447 vaccine doses administered.