reporter: kelly has always set up a gofundme trying to just cover her rent. it is a hail mary, she is hoping, praying for a miracle. another thing she is hoping for is that more people would just wear masks, that way she says we could all get back to work, back to life. nick watt, cnn, las vegas. the coronavirus is also rapidly spreading across the u.s. heartland where vaccinations are low. take a look at arkansas, the state is fighting a sumprge in w cases. it reported its highest increase in covid hospitalizations ever on monday. the state s republican governor is urging people to do their part and get vaccinated. and in missouri, covid cases are rising again after months of decline. cnn spoke to kimberly jones of st. louis whose daughter erica didn t trust the covid vaccine and didn t want the shot.
you start talking about it. it is bringing all my emotions. reporter: i m sorry. kelly was a casino dealer here in las vegas. loved it. i m like come on, please win, i m rooting for you. reporter: she lost her jobs, now has no car and no money for child care. it is this tiny virus that has come along and just taken everything. i ve had to donate a few days ago. reporter: she is now donating blood plasma, 100 bucks a time, to buy groceries. so you are managing to eat okay. oh, yeah. well, they are eating okay, let put it that way. there are days that i don t even want to roll out of the bed. you get what mine. reporter: kelly s pawned or sold nearly everything she has. i had a bed right here and there was a tv right here on top of this stand. so i had to pawn that. reporter: she thought about working online you lost your laptop?