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According to early estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of September 21, 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant made up 98.4% of COVID-19 cases in the United States.
The CDC estimates as of September 21, 2021, the 5 states with the highest unweighted proportion of new cases attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant are:
Deaths: California has the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 with 68 800 reported fatalities, followed by Texas with 64 445 and New York with 55 226.
Globally, there have been 232 641 152 confirmed cases, 4 761 734 deaths, and 6 146 947 196 vaccine doses administered.
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