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September 8, 2021

75% of U.S. Adults Partially Vaccinated; Quarter of New Cases Are Children Amid Delta Surge
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday 75% of U.S.
adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The
milestone was announced as the U.S. soared past 40 million reported
cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with the Delta
variant continuing to fuel this summer's surge. Children currently make
up more than a quarter of new cases nationwide.

In Florida, 13 school employees of public schools in Miami-Dade have
died from COVID since mid-August. The district enacted a mask mandate
despite efforts to ban the requirement by Republican Governor Ron De
Santis. All 13 COVID victims were African American.


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