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Im robyn curnow live in atlanta. right now, hospitals across the u.s. are packed full of coronavirus patients. doctors describe intensive care units that are bursting at the seams. heres a look at how many covid patients are currently hospitalized. its mostly concentrated here in the south where the vaccination rates are the lowest in the country. this doctor says the situation is quickly spiraling out of control. >> this is starting to look really ominous in the south where i am. now if you loo...

Border, thats wide open because they had to take resources from there to put it at the southern border. of course, this is the longest border in the world between canada and the united states and then they also had to take resources from the coastal borders thats, florida, louisiana, alabama and so whats happening at the southern border is sucking up resources across the world making the country that much more vulnerable. >> yeah, theres no doubt. ive talked to border patrols. ive talked to high...

Florida and louisiana, theyre actually, probably, the highest in the world. thats how badly things have gotten out of hand. >> and some of the states with the highest-infection rates have republican governors who are banning mask mandates and other public-health measures. now, one of those states is texas. last month, governor greg abbott signed an executive order to ban mask mandates. but several local officials are fighting back. in hayes county, which includes parts of the city of austin, a j...

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Transmissible overall. >> again, i think thats so important because, at least for me, it helps me visualize and again reaffirm the idea of vaccines are really important for a whole host of reasons. dr. hotez, as i mentioned, we learned late today that this week, florida broke their all-time high for new cases during the entire pandemic. what does that mean for the rest of the country? and -- and could we surpass the winter surge? look at the graph there, its stunning. >> yeah. no. this is starti...

Covid-19. 48.9%, almost half of our icu beds are occupied with covid patients. if florida were a country, it would be the second most infected place on the planet. as bad as things have are been over the last couple of weeks, they have just continued to move in the wrong direction. 2,907 individuals in the hospital with covid-19. thats the highest we have had in any given day. we are in a bad place. >> of people who get covid, mississippi, 15% of those who were in the hospital will not make it...

Florida had an all time high for the pandemic. what does that mean for the country and could we surpass the winter surge? its stunning. >> yeah, no, this is starting to look really ominous in the south where i am. now if you look at rates of transmission in florida and louisiana, theyre actually probably the highest in the world. were running neck and neck with botswana with the rate of transmission. there is a screaming level of transmission across the southern states right now and now were sta...

Covid-19. 48.9%, almost half of our icu beds, are occupied with covid patients. if florida were a country, it would be the second most infected place on the planet. >> as bad as things have been over the last couple of weeks, theyve just continued to move in the wrong direction. 2907 individuals in the hospital, with covid-19. thats the highest we have ever had in any given day. we are in a bad place. >> of people who get covid, dying in mississippi, about 15% of those in the hospital will not m...

Arkansas father is, really experiencing a bulk of these cases right now. combining this with the most recent cnn analysis of data showing a combined eight states in the south in addition to nevada right now seeing over half of covid patients. adding to that, the white house saying that both texas and florida alone, they have already accounted for nearly 40% of new covid hospitalizations. you mentioned just a little while ago that the united states in terms of globally being hit the hardest. then...