pushing masks. >> i know that some people feel that wearing a mask is inconvenient or that it is like an infringement of freedom. but i also know that wearing a mask will help us to keep texas open. >> reporter: the state's infection rate doubling along with hospitalizations, now 3,200 a day. the mayor of houston now worried. >> we are moving very fast in the wrong direction. >> reporter: and about two months after the virus ravaged new york, signs of hope. the city reopening barbershops and salons. arizona also notching a record number of hospitalizations. tents set up outside this phoenix medical center. and nearly four months after volunteers raced to help on the front lines in new york, yuma's only hospital now calling for every available nurse in the region and for volunteers. what happens if this surge, which we're in right now, gets worse and you have more patients? >> so, we are also looking at other areas within the state of arizona or even within the nation that we can bring in other resources of nurses.