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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5242/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US COVID-19 Cases Hit Six-Month High at Over 100,000' data-article-id='5828'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8563'>The United States has reached a six-month high for new COVID-19 cases.</span> <span data-start-time='8563' data-end-time='19313'>Reuters news agency reports that more than 100,000 new infections were recorded on Wednesday.</span> <span data-start-time='19313' data-end-time='37000'>Information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the CDC, shows that the seven-day average of new cases is near 90,000. </span> <span data-start-time='37000' data-end-time='44500'>That number represents a sharp increase in less than one month. </span> <span data-start-time='44500' data-end-time='51938'>The seven-day average provides the clearest picture of rising cases. </span> <span data-start-time='51938' data-end-time='58688'>Some states report infections one or two times a week.</span> <span data-start-time='58688' data-end-time='74771'>Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Wednesday that in the coming weeks, cases could increase to 200,000 each day. </span> <span data-start-time='74771' data-end-time='83229'>Experts blame the Delta variant of the coronavirus for the rise in infections.</span> <span data-start-time='83229' data-end-time='99646'>Fauci told McClatchy, a Washington-based news agency, that if another variant appears that is equally infectious but more severe, “then we could really be in trouble.” </span> <span data-start-time='99646' data-end-time='108271'>He said, “People who are not getting vaccinated mistakenly think it's only about them. </span> <span data-start-time='108271' data-end-time='114521'>But it isn't It's about everybody else, also.”</span> <span data-start-time='114521' data-end-time='126938'>The CDC has found that 83 percent of all new cases reported in the United States are the Delta variant. </span> <span data-start-time='126938' data-end-time='132708'>The version of the virus was first found in India.</span> <span data-start-time='132708' data-end-time='139396'>Vaccination percentages are not the same across the U.S. </span> <span data-start-time='139396' data-end-time='150521'>A high of 76 percent of people in Vermont have received at least one of two needed injections. </span> <span data-start-time='150521' data-end-time='156875'>The lowest percentage is about 40 percent in Mississippi.</span> <span data-start-time='156875' data-end-time='171438'>Officials with the administration of President Joe Biden said unvaccinated people represent nearly 97 precent of severe cases.</span> <span data-start-time='171438' data-end-time='181917'>The administration’s health officials said the number of deaths has increased sharply over the past week. </span> <span data-start-time='181917' data-end-time='189188'>They report an average of 377 deaths per day.</span> <span data-start-time='189188' data-end-time='196750'>Southern states have some of the nation’s lowest vaccination numbers. </span> <span data-start-time='196750' data-end-time='204625'>They are reporting the most COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. </span> <span data-start-time='204625' data-end-time='217896'>Reuters says Florida, Texas and Louisiana were reporting the highest total number of new cases over the last week. </span> <span data-start-time='217896' data-end-time='229292'>And hospitals in Florida and Louisiana are having high numbers of COVID 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5242/california.wav'><span>California</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5242/vermont.wav'><span>Vermont</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17921 data-hint-location='156875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5242/officials_with_the_administration_of_president_joe_biden_said__blank__people_represent_nearly_97_precent_of_severe_cases.wav'>Officials with the administration of President Joe Biden said <span class='blank'>unvaccinated</span> people represent nearly 97 precent of severe cases.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='unvaccinated'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5242/swedish.wav'><span>Swedish</span></div><div class='choice' 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