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Has Delta Peaked?

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Briefing|Has Delta Peaked?

The Morning Newsletter

Has Delta Peaked?

We investigate Covid’s mysterious two-month cycle.

A testing site in Auburndale, Fla., last month.
A testing site in Auburndale, Fla., last month.Credit...Octavio Jones for The New York Times

By David Leonhardt and Ashley Wu

Sept. 1, 2021

Has the Delta-fueled Covid-19 surge in the U.S. finally peaked?

The number of new daily U.S. cases has risen less over the past week than at any point since June, as you can see in this chart:

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There is obviously no guarantee that the trend will continue. But there is one big reason to think that it may and that caseloads may even soon decline.

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