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Doses a day. it requires an iv infusion. that takes up significant resources in our emergency department. we welcome these type of strike forces that are coming to the state. we have applied to do the same thing. >> thank you, sir. >> thanks for having me. from florida to texas now with fewer than 10% of its icu beds available, the situation is especially dire for children in dallas county. >> dlallas, we have zero icu bes left for children. if your child is in a car wreck or had a heart defect or they have covid, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> hospitals...

If your child has a congenital heart defect or something or more likely a bad covid, 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 occupied. this situation is worse in states where vaccination rates are lowest. in mississippi, just 36% are fully vaccinated. almost 8,000 mississippi residents have died from covid. how many have died from the vaccine? 0. >> reporter: and this just in from florida, a record number of new covid cases in one week. more than 150,000. now remember when governor ron desantis threa...

More kids in the hospital than ever with covid-19. in texas there are more than 3 00. in dallas county there are zero pediatric icu beds available. a judge there offering this morning today if your kid needs one. >> in dallas we have zero icu beds left for children. that means if your child has a heart defect or something, needs an icu bed or more likely if they have covid-19 and need an icu bed, we don't have one. your child will wait for another child to die. >> that is disturbing. mark wallace is the president and ceo of texas children's hospital in houston. the largest children's hospital ...

Where the seventh largest city in the united states was without ems units to transport people. >> reporter: more than 10,000 texans are in the hospital now fighting covid-19. >> 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 congenital heart defect or more than likely if they have covid and need an icu bed we don't have one. >> reporter: at one hospital in tennessee, no beds. there are no beds, says the chief medical officer. and in memphis. >> there's times when you may call for an ambulance and we may not have one available. ...

Cases are reported this week. in gwinnett county, georgia. 679 positive cases between students and staff since the start of school on august 4th. that's a small sample of what we're seeing across the country. sadly, the number of children hospit hospitalized are skyrocketing, too. in texas where the governor tried to ban mask mandates in elementary schools, dallas county judge clay jenkins had this to say. >> 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 c congenital heart defect or covid and needs an icu bed. we won't have ...