LOS ANGELES - The delta coronavirus variant has fueled a surge of COVID-19 infections across the United States with more than 70,000 new COVID cases reported in a single day Tuesday.According to the latest data reported Wednesday by Johns Hopkins University, there were 70,740 new cases on Tuesday and 462 deaths.
Meanwhile, the nation is now averaging more than 57,000 cases a day and 24,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. And as cases continue to increase, new studies show there are no signs of the hyper-contagious variant slowing down — foreshadowing that the pandemic may not be over as quickly as many hoped.Projections released last week by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub show a continued and accelerated increase in cases and deaths, with.