Headline Roundup • September 7th, 2021
As US Surpasses 40 Million COVID-19 Cases, Mu Variant Detected Across 49 States
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The U.S. surpassed 40 million COVID-19 cases on Monday as the highly infectious Delta variant continues to spread across the nation, with more than 4 million infections reported in the last four weeks. The daily death count has also exceeded 1,500 for the first time since March, according to a New York Times (Lean Left bias) tracker. This news comes as the mu variant was detected in 49 states and added to WHO's "variants of interest" list. Fifty-three percent of U.S. citizens are currently fully vaccinated while 62.5% have received at least one shot, according to the CDC’s vaccination tracker.
Left-rated outlets were more likely to suggest that the fourth wave has "overwhelmed hospitals" and link to data from the CDC that suggests the 40 million statistic is actually an undercount. Right-rated outlets highlighted how Fauci said the mu variant was "not an immediate threat" on Sunday and that COVID-19 cases are declining in the U.S. for the first time since June.
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The global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 climbed above 221 million on Tuesday, with the U.S. now accounting for more than 40 million, as the highly infectious delta variant continues to spread through the unvaccinated population.
The U.S. continues to lead the world by cases and fatalities and is averaging more than 1,500 deaths a day for the first time since March, according to a New York Times tracker. The seven-day average of new cases stood at 132,135 on Sunday, the tracker shows, while hospitalizations were averaging 101,747,...
For the first time in over two months, COVID-19 cases are declining in the United States.
As of September 6, the U.S. is averaging 137,000 new daily cases nationwide, a nine percent decrease from the 151,000 case average two weeks ago on August 24.
It is the first time since June 30 that the national average is lower than the total from two weeks earlier.
The Delta variant-fueled COVID-19 surge began soon after June 30, striking the Midwest in early July.
A decline in cases could signal that the case surge that...
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The U.S. has logged 40 million Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread.
The country has recorded 40,000,070 cases and 651,690 deaths, according to the latest NBC News tally. It recorded 35,355 news cases and 279 deaths Sunday. About 207 million people have received their first doses of a vaccine, and more than 175 million have been fully vaccinated.
Vaccination rates have risen slowly since July, but still no state or territory has passed the 70 percent...
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