in missouri more than 90% of those cases run vaccinated people. now up nurse there is telling cnn s miguel marquez to get the vaccine after she didn t and was put on a ventilator. reporter: health care workers suiting up, sickness from covid-19 among the vaccinated will not stop. the doctor told me twice yesterday that i should not be alive. reporter: near kristi henry nor her family got vaccinated from rural houston, missouri. they figured they were safe. henry rarely went out, wore a mask and didn t see a lot of people. i ve taken care of people, you know, for 20-plus years but never been on the receiving end. henry, 56 years old was a nurse and now teaches nursing. she has a husband and six kids. she had to go on a ventilator. so did her husband.
just when she thought there was light at the end of the tunnel. we are mentally and emotionally and physically worn out. reporter: for kristi henry the message now clear. everybody that i know and i love, you need to get vaccinated. reporter: now here is the situation in springfield, missouri. the hospitals are filling with patients to record numbers. hospitals across the state are no longer able to take in patients from other areas. if you thought you were safe from the delta variant because you were safe in the city or live in a rural area you are not, say expert. get vaccinated. pamela. it s worth repeating. 97% of the patients in hospitals with code of are unvaccinated. miguel marquez, thanks so much. now let s go over to the south. no other state added more covid cases in a single week than florida. cnn s laila santiago is live in miami. many hospitals are now forced to