when we got to that point where she needed to go first, i thought i was going to be tough and hold on and stay home and be tough and try to recuperate but it wasn t the case. i immediately went downhill. reporter: coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths, again on the rise in missouri. the state s health department estimates more than 70% of the virus circulating in the state is the more infectious, possibly more dangerous delta variant. we re seeing more people 30 years and older getting sicker and requiring hospitalization. also, we have seen that in this wave people is getting sicker faster. springfield s mercy hospital has seen hospitalizations rise so quickly they ve brought ventilators in from other hospitals. at springfield s cox health 90% of coronavirus patients tested have the delta variant. this is going to keep happening. it may peak here and then it s going to spread to other places.
distancing, all of that has gone out the window as the vaccines have rolled out even though people are not getting vaccinated. very low vaccination rates across this entire area. and that delta variant was first identified in branson and here in springfield in may. it is everywhere in this area and they are afraid it s going to stay in this area until fall when it will cause another outbreak and a lot more misery. anderson. miguel marquez, appreciate it. still to come, senator bernie sanders joins us live to talk what democrats can do now that another state is working to enact strict voting laws and after the supreme court and republican senators have thwarted their agenda thus far. also a report from florida on the latest on the recovery efforts in the surfside condo collapse as the death toll now makes this one of the deadliest mass casualty events in u.s. history. ernative voltaren is to pain pills the first full prescription strength gel for powerful arthritis pain relief. vo
we ve also heard a little bit of concern over how quickly the vaccine was developed. reporter: louie and patty think of it this way the unknown possibilities of getting the vaccine far outweigh the known horrors of the virus. the vaccine, i feel personally, is nothing compared to taking your chances and getting it s russian roulette, really. you want to take your odds and see if you get it and how well you do with it. unfortunately, you re not going to do as well as you think you are. reporter: just why we are seeing a big outbreak here in this part of missouri is probably down to several different things. since the vaccines came along, masking and social distancing for many people here has gone right out the window. branson is right down the road from here. that brings people in from all over the country, and that delta variant first identified here in springfield and in branson in may is now very widespread
knowing it, gave it to his wife of 30 years. we got to that point where she needed to go first. i thought i would be tough and hold on and stay home and try to recuperate, but that wasn t the case, i went immediately downhill. reporter: coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths again on the rise in missouri. the state s health department estimates more than 70% of the virus circulating in the state is the more infectious, possibly more dangerous delta variant. we re seeing more people, 30 years and older, getting sick and needing hospitalization. also we have seen in this wave people are getting sicker faster. reporter: springfield s mercy hospital has seen hospitalizations rise so quickly, they brought ventilators in from other hospitals. at springfield s cox health, 90% of coronavirus patients tested have the delta variant. this is going to keep happening. you know, it may peak here and then it s going to spread to
more dangerous delta variant. we re seeing more people, 30 years and older, getting sicker and requiring hospitalization. also, we have seen that in this wave, people is getting sicker faster. springfield s mercy hospital is seeing hospitalizations rise so quickly they ve brought ventilators in from other hospitals. at springfield s health, 90% of coronavirus patients tested have the delta variant. this is going to keep happening. it may peak here and it s going to spread to other places. if we don t get enough vaccinated, there s going to be another variant that s probably worse. that s the way viruses work. reporter: in greene county, population nearly 300,000, health officials sounding the alarm. how concerned are you about the weeks and months ahead? terribly concerned. yesterday we reported another 240 cases in one day. we re not a huge community.