The United States is nearing numbers of average daily coronavirus cases not seen since winter as the Indian 'Delta' variant continues to spread across the country.
On Thursday, officials recorded 109,824 new cases of the virus with a seven-day rolling average of 98,518. The U.S. is almost at an average of 100,000 per day, which hasn't been seen since mid-February.
This figure also represents a 277 percent increase from the average of 26.079 reported three weeks ago, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University.
Every state and the District of Columbia have seen COVID-19 infections either increase or remain steady in the last seven days.
Deaths are also beginning to rise after remaining relatively low for several weeks.
There were 535 COVID-19 fatalities recorded on Thursday with a seven-day rolling average of 426, which is a 58 percent increase from 268 recorded three weeks prior and the highest since June 9.
Health experts say the cause is mainly due to the highly transmissible Delta variant spading in areas with low vaccination rates.
But Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr Rochelle Walensky warned that while the COVID-19 vaccines work, vaccinated people who contract the virus are still capable of transmitting the virus.
'Our vaccines are working exceptionally well,' Walensky told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Thursday night.
'They continue to work well for Delta, with regard to severe illness and death - they prevent it. But what they can't do anymore is prevent transmission.'
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On Thursday, the U.S. recorded 109,824 new cases of COVID-19 with a seven-day rolling average of 98,518, inching the country closer to 100,000 cases per day and a 277% increase from 26,079 recorded three weeks ago
COVID-19 deaths are also rising with 535 recorded on Thursday and a seven-day rolling average of 426, which is the 58% than recorded three weeks ago
Every state and the District from Columbia are seeing coronavirus cases either increase or hold steady in the last week
CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines work but that they 'can't prevent transmission' for fully vaccinated people with breakthrough cases
Several states - particularly those across the South such as Florida, Louisiana, Texas and South Carolina, have been seeing cases spiking over the past month.
However, Walensky believes that these states have not yet reached their peak.
More Americans have been getting vaccinated recently with with 864,000 doses administered on Wednesday, including 585,000 Americans getting their first doses, the highest single-day totals in more than month.
However, Walensky told CNN that she believes if more Americans don't get vaccinated, the U.S. may see 'several hundred
