“The U.S. is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge in yet another bleak reminder of how quickly the delta variant has spread through the country,” the AP reports.
“The U.S. was averaging about 11,000 cases a day in late June. Now the number is 107,143.”
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