The country's daily average of new cases has jumped 29 percent over the last two weeks, and the current average for daily new cases is nearing 94,000, according to data tracking by The New York Times.

While cases are largely holding steady at high levels in the South and West, the Northeast and Midwest are seeing rapid surges.

Maine, meanwhile, is seeing its highest levels of cases and hospitalizations yet in the pandemic.

In the Midwest, Michigan currently has the nation's highest levels of new COVID-19 cases and new COVID-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 people.

Minnesota has the second highest level of cases, and North Dakota has the second highest level of hospitalizations.

Compared with fully vaccinated people, unvaccinated people are six times more likely to test positive for COVID-19, have a ninefold risk of being hospitalized with COVID-19, and are 14 times more likely to die from COVID-19.