six and a half hours. it was difficult, sitting there with him, kind of watching your child kind of shiver in pain. >> reporter: mississippi has now surpassed new jersey as the state with the highest per capita death toll from covid-19. 15 pregnant women have died from covid-19 since the start of the pandemic in that state. >> very much a tragedy, but of that number, eight of them have been lost since the end of july, and we do have some details about those moms that are, i think, worth sharing. the age range is between 23 and 40 with the median age being 30. 60% are african-american. 100%, not fully vaccinated. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house today touting vaccine requirements and tying them to the country's economic recovery. >> by increasing the number of workers that are vaccinated, vaccination requirements will keep workplaces safe and help curb the spread of the virus in communities. that means more americans