White House sees rising COVID-19 vaccine uptake as delta variant rips through the U.S.

Scary news about the coronavirus might be spurring a positive side benefit — more vaccinations.

White House officials said late Sunday the U.S. administered 816,000 doses in a single day, including 517,000 initial doses to people coming forward for the first time.

“The past week has been our strongest week of vaccinations since early June, in terms of first-time shots,” White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain tweeted.

Average daily doses dropped to around 500,000 earlier this month — down from an April peak of more than 3.4 million —...