Surgeon general: COVID-19 numbers 'deeply concerning,' says vaccines 'doing their job'
August 22, 2021 at 13:53 PM EDT
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Sunday called the number of novel coronavirus cases nationwide "deeply concerning," adding that there are more children being hospitalized in the United States with COVID-19 than at any other time during the pandemic as a result of the highly contagious delta variant.