CDC COVID-19 transmission map as of Sept. 9, 2021. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)RELATED: COVID-19 has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu "A total of 41,593,179 COVID-19 cases have been reported as of September 15, 2021," according to the CDC’s COVID-19 weekly review website.
The surge in new daily cases is being largely driven by the delta variant, according to data collected by the CDC. Meanwhile, COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.