The COVID death toll in the U.S. has begun to soar again.
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The U.S. is now averaging about 650 deaths per day, an 80 percent increase from two weeks ago. The number of deaths per day went past the 600 mark on Saturday for the first time in three months.
Data on the age and demographics of victims during the delta surge is still limited, but for the record, hospitals in virus hotspots are obviously seeing more admissions and deaths among Americans under the age of 65.
In Florida, hospitals are witnessing an influx of young, health adults, many of whom are requiring oxygen, filling the wards. Data reveals that people under 65 years old who contracted COVID account for 36 percent of the state's COVID-related deaths.
Florida is currently the national leader when it comes to COVID deaths, averaging more than 150 a day in the past week.
All this comes as the highly transmissible delta variant remains rampant across the nation, threatening the lives of the unvaccinated and stretching hospitals across the U.S. to their limit.
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