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Live from cnn headquarters, live for those watching here in canada, united states and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ we begin with an encouraging sign of progress in the u.s. vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. half of all americans are now fully vaccinated, according to data released friday, despite that, the number of new cases keeps growing. now topping 100,000 per day. and in florida, the delta variant is spreading at unprecedented speed. we're talking about 20,000 new cases per day on average. florida had more than 134,000 new cases total over...

Down. this is all coming, of course, as covid cases are heating up here across the state. in fact, according to the florida department of public health, according to the latest numbers just this past week more than 134,000 new cases of covid. this is a very grim milestone. and as you guys said i am standing here outside of raymond james stadium in the tampa area, this is a huge back to school event that is happening here, it's set to begin at 9:00 this morning. 35, 40,000 people expected here. >> mike memoli and stephanie stanton kicking us off. we're happy to have the mayor of miami beach joi...

This is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so please get vaccinated. >> the texas state legislature prepares to gavel in another special section in an attempt to with a six month high. and that's just this week. and this time the epicenter is my neck of the woods, reporting more than 134,000 new cases this. >> if there's any silver lining to be had here, the dire numbers

Shots, and that is because officials are attempting to boost vaccination rates here in the state of florida. when we talk about vaccinations, according to the most recent numbers just released by the florida department of public health, 63% of people in the state over the age of 12 are fully vaccinated with about 70% having one shot. when you include the number on a broader perspective of children of all residents, that number drops to just 49%. and that is the problem are those vaccination rates, among many other things happening here. in fact, according to the latest numbers of the departmen...

In cases, the scale of which we haven't seen in six months. the u.s. is now averaging more than 107,000 new covid cases a day, meaning we're now in the second highest peak of the whole pandemic. as a result, hospitalizations are back up nearing levels we've seen in previous peaks. the silver lining, last time cases were this high, there were about 14,000 more people in the hospital. but on the ground, it's no less dire. in texas, a parent's nightmare played out. houston's pediatric hospitals at full capacity. so an 11 month old had to be air lifted, even though the child had covid 150 miles aw...