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Just weeks after daily COVID-19 cases reached their lowest point in the U.S., the country is now recording an average of 100,000 new infections per day, as the delta variant has fueled surges among unvaccinated communities.
Ext on abc7 news at 6:00. scary, the words being used by some rushing to get vaccinated as the delta variant spreads. meanwhile bart is still planning to ramp the big schedule changes. the sharks at vander cane responds after he is accused of throwing games. building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions this is abc7 news. with the new variant out it is scary. >> the delta variant has been a tipping point of sorts for some people debating getting vaccinated. it comes as the bay area deals with a case surge not seen in months. good evening and thank you for
Has more on the case surge and reaction inside the country. >> reporter: on saturday, brazil became the second country in the world after the united states to cross the threshold of over 500,000 covid-19 deaths. the south american country reported 2,319 new deaths saturday and brings the total number of cases reported by the brazilian health ministry since the beginning of the pandemic to over 17 million cases. as brazil marked these milestones, thousands of protesters come to the streets to demand impeachment of president jair bolsonaro over his handling of the pandemic. major brazilian citie...
This historically low turnout. the worst, in the islamic republic's 42-year history. >> holly dagres there, in london. thank you very much for your analysis. so, brazil hits a somber milestone. more than half a million people have died of covid there since the pandemic began. the death toll is twice as high as it was, six months ago. experts say, that's a sign that the mortality rate is excel ralting. thousands of brazilians took to streets across the country on saturday. to protest president jair bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic. many, many blame brazil's crisis on his efforts to downpl...
>> and, jake, it certainly feels like things are coming back to normal. there's a ton of optimism here, but there's still a long road ahead. international travel has yet to return and that's a missing economic piece and we're not out of the woods in terms of the pandemic. another case surge, a scary variant, all that have could make the las vegas gamble effectively backfire. jake? >> thanks so much. let's discuss all of this with dr. megan rain, associate of professor at brown university. thanks for joining us. it seems many americans decided to essentially forgot the pandemic for the memorial...