LATEST: In the last week, 'Florida has had more COVID-19 cases than all 30 states with the lowest case rates combined,' White House COVID coordinator Jeff Zients says.
In the last week,"Florida has had more COVID-19 cases than all 30 states with the lowest case rates combined," White House COVID coordinator Jeff Zients said at Thursday's White House briefing.A healthcare worker administers a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine during an event hosted by the Miami Heat at the FTX Arena in Miami, Aug. 5, 2021.People wearing facemasks enter a COVID-19 testing site at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 6, 2021.
He added,"Florida and Texas alone have accounted for nearly 40% of new hospitalizations across the country."Elizabeth Gonzales comforts her 14-year-old daughter, Cerena, as she recoveres from being put on a ventilator in the pediatric intensive care unit of the Children's Hospital of San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 10, 2021.
But the surge is driving up vaccinations and he said the most significant vaccine progress is in states with the most COVID-19 cases. "In the past month, we've nearly tripled the average number of shots each day in Arkansas and quadrupled in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi," Zients said.
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