Global covid cases surge after 10 weeks; Top headlines as the vaccine and virus contest heats

Globally new covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise after 2 months of declines in deaths, delta is driving a new uptick. It’s now a life-and-death contest between vaccine and virus. Here are the top global headlines you need to take note of-

• US reports 194,608 new cases as Delta variant becomes more prevalent
• Record high cases in Florida as it becomes US epicentre; accounts for one in five new case in the U.S.
• Masks are back on; Disney orders masks to be back on in parks; Yale & Cornell instruct all students to mask up
• CDC study shows 74% of people infected in Massachusetts Covid outbreak were fully vaccinated
• China witnessing its worst outbreak since Wuhan; China's outbreak now spans 14 provinces
• China has put over 1 million people under lockdown and reinstituted mass testing campaigns.
• CDC warns: War against Covid has changed, Delta variant more infectious than original strain.
• Canada is headed towards a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. The pandemic trajectory shows serious threat the highly-contagious Delta variant is posing.
• Vietnam to extend lockdown for 2 weeks as covid cases soar, reports 145,686 new cases and 1,306 deaths
• Africa, official figures put the daily death toll at 1,000 a day on average over the last seven days: 17 percent up.
• Israel to give Pfizer Covid booster shots to people over 60 as efficacy appears to wane amid delta spread.