While much of the nation tiptoes toward normalcy, coronavirus cases are again overloading hospitals in areas with low vaccination rates. Infections rose in every state last week, but counties with low vaccination rates were far more likely to have bigger jumps. Among the 25 counties with the sharpest increases in cases, all but one had vaccinated fewer than 40 percent of their residents, and 16 had vaccinated fewer than 30 percent, a Times analysis found. The new divide in America is particularly stark in Mountain Home, Ark., where fewer than a third of the residents are vaccinated. Only about 1 percent of Africans are fully vaccinated, and there’s no relief in sight because rich nations are hoarding shots.

Source: New York Times July 18, 2021 09:22 UTC