COVID Cases Rise, Vaccinations Fall 10:46 pm Nationally, the COVID case numbers not getting any better thanks to the low rate of Vaccinations and the accelerating Delta Variant. Nationwide, 48 States have a seven-day average of new cases that’s at least 10% higher than the week before — according to Johns Hopkins University. Despite the warnings, the daily pace of people becoming fully vaccinated keeps falling. William Hughes is recovering from COVID-19 in Arkansas. Unvaccinated and Hospitalized, he spent days struggling to breathe — fighting for his life. Hughes saying: “I asked him if I was going to make it and he didn’t know. He told me that I was young, I didn’t have any underlying issues, and they were going to do the best they could do.”