Delta Variant Accounts for 83 Percent, of All New US COVID-19 Cases.<br />Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the <br />Centers for Disease Control (C.D.C.), reported <br />the agency's finding on July 20 before Congress.<br />This is a dramatic increase, up from 50% for the week of July 3, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, C.D.C. Director, via CNN.<br />According to health experts, <br />the Delta variant is more transmissible than <br />any other known variant of the coronavirus.<br />We should think about the Delta variant as the 2020 version of Covid-19 on steroids. It's twice <br />as infectious, Andy Slavitt, White House Covid Response Team, via CNN.<br />Fortunately, unlike 2020, we actually have a tool that stops the Delta variant in its tracks: It's called vaccine, Andy Slavitt, White House Covid Response Team, via CNN.<br />Recent studies of vaccine effectiveness <br />against the Delta variant, .<br />found a 93 percent prevention rate against <br />more serious disease that leads to hospitalization.<br />Health experts such as the U.S. Surgeon General <br />continue to advocate for vigilance against the virus.<br />We shouldn't let down our guard until cases not only come down but stay down, and right now cases are actually going up. , Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General, via CNN.<br />Cases are going up, hospitalizations are going up, death rates are <br />ticking up, Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General, via CNN.<br />Surgeon General Murthy urged Americans to "consider getting vaccinated to protect the children in your community. They are depending on us."
