WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to increase in most parts of the United States, especially in communities with lower vaccination coverage, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a weekly report on Friday.
The situation is especially dire in southern states including Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana, where vaccination rates continue to lag.
The Delta variant accounted for an estimated 93.4 percent of all new COVID-19 cases in the country during the last two weeks of July, according to the latest CDC data.
As of Sunday afternoon, the U.S. had registered a total of 35.7 million COVID-19 cases and over 616,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Nearly 72,000 young people were found to be infected with COVID-19 in the last week of July, representing 19 percent of total COVID-19 infections, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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