US COVID-19 Cases Have Doubled , Over the Past 3 Weeks.<br />The seven-day daily average of COVID-19 cases <br />in the U.S. was close to 23,600 on July 12.<br />The number is up from <br />11,300 just three weeks ago on June 23.<br />Cases have increased in every U.S. state <br />except for Maine and South Dakota.<br />The rise in cases follows the <br />July 4th holiday weekend, .<br />as well as significant resistance to getting <br />vaccinated in specific parts of the country.<br />The five states with the most <br />significant increase in COVID-19 cases — <br />Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada and Utah — .<br />also happen to be states with vaccination <br />rates below the national average.<br />In Mississippi — which ranks <br />last in the number of vaccinations — hospitalizations <br />have risen 150 percent in three weeks.<br />Health experts say increased infections due to the <br />more contagious Delta variant are a sign that masks<br />and social distancing measures may still be necessary.<br />The descriptions from regions of the world where the delta variant has taken hold and become the predominant virus are pictures of ICUs full of 30-year-olds. , Dr. James Lawler, University of <br />Nebraska Medical Center, via Fox News.<br />That’s what the critical care doctors describe and that’s what’s coming to the U.S, Dr. James Lawler, University of <br />Nebraska Medical Center, via Fox News.<br />I think people have no clue what’s about to hit us, Dr. James Lawler, University of <br />Nebraska Medical Center, via Fox News
