Surge of covid delta variant poses new political threat to Biden and his agenda

The daily average of confirmed coronavirus cases has roughly quadrupled in the past month, from about 11,000 per day in late June to 44,011 now, according to The Washington Post’s seven-day average of coronavirus cases. Variant-linked cases also have fueled a 59 percent increase in hospitalizations in Florida and a 76 percent increase in Louisiana in the past week, disproportionately among unvaccinated Americans.