There are an average of 107,000 new cases of COVID-19 every day in the United States

The U.S. averaged more than 107,000 new COVID-19 cases a day for the first week of August, according to Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center on Saturday. For comparison, on June 7, the U.S. reported just more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The increase in coronavirus infections comes as the highly contagious delta variant continues to spread quickly throughout the United States. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in an interview with CNN earlier this week that government data shows infections in the U.S.