As a number COVID cases surge According to Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, in the United States, three states account for 40% of all new infections.
period White House Coronavirus Briefing On Thursday, Zients stated that Florida, Texas and Missouri are worrying states. Florida alone caused one-fifth of new infections for the second week in a row.
Zients said the low vaccination rate is the reason for the increase in COVID cases.
“The data is clear: the increase in cases is concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates. In fact, the vaccination rates in counties with the highest case rates are significantly lower than those in counties with lower case rates.”
He cited the highest rates of COVID cases in Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Nevada in the past week. He said that “compared to the national average, the number of newly vaccinated people in these areas is higher.
“People in these states are feeling the impact of their lives Not vaccinated And respond with action. Nationwide, more than 5.2 million Americans have been injected in the past 10 days,” Zients said.
To date, more than 162.1 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, accounting for 48.8% of the country’s population. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But in recent months, efforts to vaccinate Americans have waned, and as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread across the country, this concern is growing.
On Tuesday, the CDC said Delta variant Accounted for 83% of new infections in the United States. The agency also stated that it is responsible for the hospitalization and death of almost all people who have not been vaccinated.
According to surgeon Dr. Vivek Murthy, who also spoke at the Coronavirus briefing on Thursday, 99.5% of them COVID-19 deaths It is the unvaccinated population, 97% of hospitalized patients are also not vaccinated.
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