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Concern than the sharp rise in pediatric covid cases. the american academy of pediatrics say there's been a nearly seven-fold increase in new child coronavirus infections in one month. by the first week of august, the number had grown to 96,000, representing about 15% of all new infections. pediatric cases are overwhelming children's hospitals across the u.s., most notably in regions with low vaccination rates where the virus has enjoyed unmitigated spread. dallas county, texas, which struggled to enforce mask mandates after the governor banned their use in july, there are no pediatric beds le...

All u.s. hospitalizations. this new surge is being inflamed by the unvaccinated. children still unable to get the vaccine are now more at risk than ever. >> in dallas we have zero icu beds left for children. that means if your child is in a car wreck, if your child has a heart -- congenital heart defect and needs an icu bed or more than likely if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> cnn's adrienne broadus is in jackson, mississippi. the number of cases is on the rise there and state health officials are very concerned about t...

>> we have not opened schools yet so that's why the eight of us on our board are adamant that we cannot have people in schools without masks. >> reporter: meantime more than 10,000 texans are in the hospital now fighting covid-19. >> in dallas we haveu beds left for children. that means if your child is in a car wreck, if your child has a heart -- congenital heart defect or something, needs an icu bed or more likely if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> reporter: in these five states more than 90% of icu beds are now occupi...

That could actually throw a wrench in the progress. and the delta variant is ripping through the u.s. specifically the south as hospitals run out of room, and states see a record number of cases and it's causing a dire situation in texas, even for kids. >> if your child has a congenital heart defect or something, he's in an icu bed, or more likely if they have covid in an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> we're going to speak with an e.r. doctor at the front line of the crisis in texas. your favorite social media accounts may be soon shifting, th...

Citi. in dallas we have zero icu beds left for children. that means if your child's in a car wreck, if your child has a heart -- congenital heart defect and needs an icu bed or if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> that grim message coming out of dallas this week, similar to what we're seeing and hearing from children's hospitals in several states with beds filled nearly to capacity. the u.s. surgeon general told cnn this week that it's possible a vaccine for kids under 12 could be authorized for emergency use before the ...