*'Very reasonable' for local officials to reimplement mask mandates amid delta surge: Dr. Vivek Murthy (Surgeon General)

-ABC

Yep. Time for me to put the mask on agayne. Oh well. Okay.

Case numbers are climbing across most of the country as the Delta variant spreads among unvaccinated people. Arkansas, Missouri, Florida and Nevada are experiencing full-fledged outbreaks.

The vaccination campaign has largely stalled. About 550,000 shots are being administered each day, down from more than 3.3 million at the peak.

Nationwide

Cases +135% (two week change)
Hospitalizations +32%
Deaths +27%

Cases per 100k pop last seven days

Nationwide 9

States highest down to nationwide

Arkansas 34

Missouri 32

Florida 30

Louisiana 26

Nevada 23

Utah 19

Kansas, Alabama, Alaska, Oklahoma, Wyoming 14

Arizona, Mississippi 13

Texas 10

Kentucky, California 9

Thirteen of sixteen Grand Old Phascist. The Phascists say they're passing laws to make it harder for dead people to vote. Gonna come back to bite 'em, that will.

States lowest up to nationwide

Pennsylvania, Michigan, Maryland, New Hampshire, Vermont, South Dakota 2

Ohio, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Virginia, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, North Dakota 3

New York, New Jersey, Iowa, West Virginia 4

Illinois, Delaware, Nebraska 5

Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico, Montana  6

Indiana, Colorado 7

Georgia, Washington, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Idaho 8

Twenty-two Party of God states, twelve GOP.

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