Florida, Texas had one-third of all US COVID-19 cases in past week, official says
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Updated: 6:05 PM CDT Aug 3, 2021
Madeline Holcombe, Ralph Ellis and Theresa Waldrop, CNN
Florida, Texas had one-third of all US COVID-19 cases in past week, official says
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Updated: 6:05 PM CDT Aug 3, 2021
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The hospital admissions have slowed. I don't think we've reached the peak yet, but I think we've we're going to settle in, hopefully this week or next week. But in terms of shutting down, we're not shutting down. Uh, we're gonna have schools open. We're protecting every Floridians job in this state. We're protecting people's small businesses. Uh, these interventions have failed time and time again throughout this pandemic, not just in the United States, but abroad. They have not stopped the spread, and particularly with Delta, which is even more transmissible if it didn't stop it before, it definitely ain't gonna stop it now.