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Vaccination efforts across the country. >> reporter: a major milestone for the country, with half the total u.s. population fully vaccinated. but the grim count of covid deaths is rising fast. a 52% increase over last week's seven-day average. florida reported more covid-19 cases over the past week, than any other seven-day period during the pandemic. data published friday by the state health department reported 134506 new covid-19 cases over the past week for the average of 19,215 cases each day. unvaccinated virginia man reminded people to get the shot before it's too late. >> -- so far that...

Showing no signs of slowing down. nick valencia reports. >> reporter: a major milestone for the country with half the total-u.s. population fully vaccinated. but the grim count of covid deaths is rising, fast. a 52% increase, over last week's seven-day average. florida reported more covid-19 cases, over the past week, than any other seven-day period during the pandemic. data published friday by the state health department reported 134,506 new covid-19 cases over the past week. for an average of 19,215 cases, each day. one unvaccinated, virginia man, reminding people to get the shot before it's...

Seven-day average. florida reported more covid-19 cases in the last week than any other seven-day period during the pandemic. data published friday reported 134,506 new covid-19 cases over the past week. for an average of 19,215 cases each day. one unvaccinated virginia man reminding people to get the shot before it's too late. >> i'm so sorry that i made the mistake to not get vaccinated. vaccinations are so important, and i could do better as a parent, as a human. and i hope to god everybody else can, too. >> reporter: the united states is recording its second highest seven-day average surge...

Year-and-and-half pandemic. that's an average of nearly 20,000 a day, 19,215 new cases each day in florida. clearly a hot spot. states across the united states are also seeing an alarming rise in covid cases, fueled by this highly aggressive delta variant. let's discuss what's going on with the republican governor of ohio, mike dewine. governor dewine, as usual, thanks so much for joining us. what's your reaction when you see these numbers, you hear how bad it's getting in florida and elsewhere. and we'll talk about ohio in a moment. but give us your reaction. >> well, we look at ohio, but of ...