More than 1,500 Americans are dying most days, worse than when cases surged last summer but far lower than the winter peak
Pedestrians in downtown Portland, Ore., Sept. 3, 2021. Cases are starting to fall in some hard-hit Southern states, but nearly half of Americans are not fully vaccinated, allowing the Delta variant to persist. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)
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