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| A doubling of COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks suggests the United States has entered a fourth wave of the pandemic. |
| No one knows what the next month or two will bring, but the example of the United Kingdom suggests infection rates could soar again to high levels, while the number of hospitalizations and deaths stay relatively low. |
| Instead of the virus raging through entire communities, it is expected to target the unvaccinated, including children, and if rates are high enough, also the most vulnerable of the vaccinated – the elderly and the immunocompromised. Read more from USA TODAY's Karen Weintraub here. |
| It's Friday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the USA TODAY Network. Here's more news you need to know: |
| • | All 50 states had more cases in the most recent seven-day period than in the previous week, a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. The number of deaths was also higher in 40 states compared to a week earlier. | | • | Los Angeles County will once again require people to wear masks indoors – regardless of vaccination status – due to a recent surge in new COVID-19 cases. | | • | The University of California said COVID-19 vaccinations will be required before the fall term begins for all students and faculty. As of late May, 400 colleges and universities planned to require vaccines for students. | | • | Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Idaho Capitol on Thursday to oppose the employee vaccine mandates of a few state health care systems. | | • | President Joe Biden said Thursday his COVID-19 response team is reviewing U.S. travel restrictions that bar visitors from the European Union and could announce changes in the coming days. | |
| Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 33.9 million COVID-19 cases and 608,400 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 189.2 million cases and more than 4 million deaths. About 56% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 48% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. |
| Tracking the pandemic: See the numbers in your area here. See where cases are rising here. See vaccination rates here. And here, compare vaccinations rates worldwide and see which countries are using which vaccines. |
| – Grace Hauck, USA TODAY breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck |
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