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COVID Cases Fueled by Delta Rise 70 Percent Over Last Week Intelligencer 2 hrs ago © AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images After months of precipitous decline in COVID-19 cases thanks to the vaccines made widely available in the United States, the number of new cases per day is on the rise again. According to CDC data, the seven-day average of new cases rose 70 percent over last week to 26,000 new cases, with hospitalizations up 36 percent and deaths 26 percent. “There is a message that is crystal clear: this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a Friday briefing, according to Insider. “We are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage because unvaccinated people are at risk.” The primary driver for the increase in cases is the more transmissable Delta variant, which in early July began to make up the majority of new infections in the U.S.

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