Here in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates the Delta variant now represents around one-quarter of infections. L.A. County is advising fully vaccinated residents to continue masking indoors, due to concerns over the highly transmissible variant.

Al Jazeera is reporting nearly 800 workers on the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline in northern Minnesota tested positive for COVID-19 since construction began in December of last year. In November, healthcare workers and Indigenous groups petitioned Governor Tim Walz to delay construction, fearing a COVID spike in rural and Native communities.