Recently, the new crown epidemic in the United States has deteriorated rapidly, and the number of daily confirmed cases has rebounded. In early August, it returned to the state of six months ago. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, lamented that the United States is "paying a heavy price" for its ineffectiveness in fighting the epidemic.
The latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that as of the 8th, the average daily increase of confirmed cases of new crowns in the United States reached 97,399. From August 3 to 6, the number of new confirmed cases in a single day exceeded 100,000 for 4 consecutive days.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly epidemic report released on the 6th showed that many states in the United States are experiencing large or high levels of community transmission due to the spread of the delta strain.
In the South, where vaccination rates are low, the healthcare system is under heavy strain. According to the Associated Press, 35 medical centers in Mississippi are full of intensive care units; the number of hospitalizations of new crown patients in Arkansas has reached its highest peak since the outbreak, and only 8 intensive care beds are available across the state.