reporter: kansas city hit their highest positivity rate of covid since the pandemic began at 34.4 percent and fully vaccinated rate, are just below 40% the highest since spring 2020, missouri is near capacity recording more than 175 covid patients and reporting 27 deaths in the last week. what are the cases like? both of our hospital partners told us this he have had children in their facilities and they needed interventions that they did not see before such as being intubated. reporter: springfield a largest school district is requiring students and staff to start the new school year wearing masks. districts in st. louis county and all illinois schools are being ordered to follow suit. i don t want a ten -year-old getting sick. i don t want an outbreak at an elementary school. reporter: kansas city reinstated mandate for the entire city requiring masks be western in all indoor spaces where six feet cannot be maintained, two days later the attorney general sued the city c
the alarm warning that they re running out of beds as the delta variant spreads. in alabama, hospitalizations have risen to the highest level in nearly six months. you can see on that graphic right there. the state has the lowest vaccination rate in the country with just 34.4% of the population fully vaccinated, which is well below the national average, but there are signs that demand for vaccinations there is accelerating. in alabama and a number of other states across the south. louisiana has seen a 302% increase in the average number of newly vaccinated per day. mississippi, 250%. alabama, 215%. and arkansas, 206%. this increase in vaccination rates in states that have been lagging is a positive trend. americans are seeing the risk and impact of being unvaccinated and responding with action. and that s what it s going to take to get us out of this
that was the conservative perspective on the result in batley and spen. let s get some more analysis of results, lewis is with us for some details. the analysis of results, lewis is with us for some details. us for some details. the labour party has us for some details. the labour party has pulled us for some details. the labour party has pulled off us for some details. the labour party has pulled off what - us for some details. the labour party has pulled off what a i us for some details. the labour party has pulled off what a fewl us for some details. the labour i party has pulled off what a few days ago pundits said was a lost cause, holding onto batley and spen in west yorkshire. it was a narrow sliver of a victory, let s look. the majority was way down. labour at 35.3%. 34.4% of the conservatives, george galloway with 21.9%, the lib dems lost their deposit on 3.3%. there were two factors which made people think this would not happen for labour, the first was george galloway
onto batley and spen in west yorkshire. it was a narrow sliver of a victory. the share of the vote, labour with 35.3, and the conservatives on 34.4, only 323 vote majority. george galloway coming in with 21.9%. two factors made people think labour were finished before today. one was george galloway standing, targeting the british muslim vote in the constituency, which is sizeable. people assumed it would eat into the labour vote. and if we go back to the 2019 election there was another independent candidate at that time in the seat and they did very well at the other end of the spectrum, pro brexit, and without him standing this time around it was assumed that his votes would bolster the conservative vote. putting the two together, with the fact the conservatives are polling well nationally at the moment people assumed a tory victory would be at hand and it did not happen. why not?
west yorkshire. it was a narrow victory. the majority was way down. labour 35.3%, conservatives 34.4%, george galloway at 21.9%, liberal democrats 3.3%. two factors made people think that labour, this wasn t going to happen, labour were finished here. one was that george galloway was standing, targeting the muslim vote in a constituency which is sizeable. few thought he would eat into labour s vote and when we go back to 2019, there was another independent candidate in the seat. they did very well, pro brexit, and without him standing, it was assumed that his votes would bolster the conservative vote. the conservatives are also polling well nationally and many assumed it would be a tory victory but it didn t happen. why