* Concerns are rising about the highly infectious Delta variant as it races across the United States
* A mathematical model predicts a new peak in October that could approach the highs in January
* On the worst end of the projection, new cases could hit 240,000 a day and daily deaths could top 4,000
* The seven-day average of daily new cases in the US has risen 166% in the past two weeks
* Epidemiologist says that Delta is 200% more contagious than the original virus first identified in China
* Delta now accounts for more than 82% of all new US cases and will soon make up nearly all cases
* Even as virus surges, some states are moving to withhold daily numbers and only report weekly
A startling new projection suggests that coronavirus cases and deaths in the US could return to levels last seen during the January peak, as the Delta variant first identified in India fuels a massive surge in infections.
As of Saturday, the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases was nearly 50,000, a 166 percent increase from two weeks ago, according to a DailyMail.com analysis of Johns Hopkins data.
Meanwhile vaccination rates are plateauing, with just 57 percent of the eligible population fully vaccinated.
It's a dangerous combination that could be leading the nation toward a new phase of disaster, according to projections released this week by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub.
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Update: The Delta Variant Will Drive A Steep Rise In U.S. COVID Deaths, A New Model Shows (NPR)
WNU Editor: The Biden administration knows that this could derail their agenda .... Surge of covid delta variant poses new political threat to Biden and his agenda (Washington Post).
