. there's a new analysis of cdc and it finds that covid vaccines saves lives even with the delta variant. cnn analyzed the cdc numbers and found that more than 99.99% of people fully vaccinated have not had a graek through case result rulting in hospitalization or death. it includes cays up to august 27bds. it's after the delta variant took over the majority of the u.s. infections. we have not seen that level of transmission since february. that's when 3% of the country was vaccinated. as cases go up, so do hospitalizations and deaths. today more than 66,000 people are in hospitals sick with covid. more than 500 people a day on average are dying from covid. the nation's top infectious