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Van Johnson, the mayor of Savannah, Georgia, announced the news on Monday
Masks are now compulsory indoors for all people, regardless of vaccinations
Georgia has seen a 203 percent rise in case numbers over the past 14 days
On Monday St Louis, Missouri, also introduced a new mask mandate
The Missouri city followed Los Angeles County, and more are expected to join
In Louisiana hospitals are cancelling elective surgery in readiness
The mayor of Orange County, Florida - home to Orlando - said: We are in crisis mode
AP
Florida accounted for a fifth of the nation’s new infections last week, more than any other state, according to the CDC.
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ORLANDO The mayor of the county that hosts Florida’s theme park mecca said Monday that “we are now in crisis mode” when it comes to dealing with soaring numbers of covid-19 infections.
Florida accounted for a fifth of the nation’s new infections last week, more than any other state, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now the home to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort is seeing about 1,000 new cases a day, said Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.
The Latest: Chinese city lists more cases in local outbreak
The Associated Press
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1of15Students walk past games that are off limits at a school where in-person classes have restarted for a second time this school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Santiago, Chile, Monday, July 26, 2021. The capital has ended weekend quarantines and are allowing more people inside restaurants gyms and returning public school students to in-person classes with gradual and voluntary attendance.Esteban Felix/APShow MoreShow Less
2of15FILE - A health care worker inoculates Evelyn Pereira, right, of Brooklyn, with the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as her daughter Soile Reyes, 12, looks on, Thursday, July 22, 2021, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The number of Americans getting a COVID-19 vaccine has been rising in recent days as virus cases once again surge and officials raise dire warnings about the consequences of remaining.Mary A
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HEREâS WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
MONTGOMERY, Alabama â The number of COVID-19 patients in Alabama hospitals has climbed to more than 900 â a number the state has not seen since February.
The Alabama Hospital Association says there were 947 COVID-19 patients in state hospitals Monday, up from 204 at the beginning of July. The latest number is about a third of where the state was at the peak of the pandemic when there were 3,000 virus patients in state hospitals in January.
The head of the hospital association says the concern is not the number itself, but the steep upward trajectory in numbers. Dr. Don Williamson says the state has the solution in the form of the vaccine, but âthere is not a long line of people wanting to be vaccinated.â