These Bay Area counties are seeing the biggest vaccination increases amid the delta surge - San Francisco Chronicle

The number of people newly seeking shots rose in the Bay Area, state and nation this week.

By July 27, the seven day average rate had jumped to 91 per 100,000 people, a 31% increase.

Vaccinations also rose across all Bay Area counties, where overall vaccination rates have been higher than the state average.

On Saturday, he tweeted that 473,000 people had been newly vaccinated, up from 403,000 a week prior.

Two weeks ago, the one-day total was 341,000 people newly vaccinated.

Experts stress that getting vaccinated is the most important measure people can take to confront the delta variant’s swift attack, though other measures, including masking, are also needed to reduce spread — at least until far more people get inoculated.