all u.s. hospitalizations. this new surge is being inflamed by the unvaccinated. children still unable to get the vaccine are now more at risk than ever. 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 heart congenital heart defect and needs an icu bed or more than likely if they have covid and need an icu bed, we don t have one. your child will wait for another child to die. cnn s adrienne broadus is in jackson, mississippi. the number of cases is on the rise there and state health officials are very concerned about the death toll. reporter: fredricka, they are. the state reported more than 5,000 new cases on friday and 31 deaths. the state health official said
under way, christi. inside this parking structure behind me, the lower level has been transformed into a covid unit. we want to be clear, covid patients who need critical care treatment won t be seen on that lower level of the parking garage. it is for patients who need minimal care. if you step inside and take a look where you would normally see parked cars, there are 20 hospital beds. this came on the same day the state reported more than 5,000 new covid cases and more than 30 deaths. we heard from a state health official, dr. thomas dobbs. he says the data is showing a troubling trend over the last four days. listen in. we reported the largest number of covid cases a day that we ever have. we reported 5,023 cases and 31 deaths today. 166 nursing home outbreaks.
climbing. it s in southern states with poor vaccination rates. and a strong hesitancy against the shot, according to a cnn analysis of data from the cdc. take alabama for example, the state has seen an average of 2,600 new cases per day. up by 131% from two weeks ago. one state health official says they ve literally been throwing away doses because they ve expired with not enough people going to get them. but on thursday, the state s seven-day average of vaccine doses administered per day was about 13,000, according to the cdc. that s up from a month prior when the seven day average of doses each day up to 7,000. we ve seen an uptick in vaccinations in hard-hit states like arkansas, louisiana and missouri. what is suddenly motivating people to get the shots, state officials say it s partly driven
i m the governor who protect the jobs and education and businesses in florida. the governor is defending hi position not to impose sweeping new pandemic restrictions even as democrats accuse him of putting florida s kids at risk for it. he s preventing schools and teachers and others from protecting themselves and the students in their classroom. as a mother myself, that is concerning part. he argues parents not politicians or the cdc should decide if they re children should wear masks in school. the florida pandemic problems o worsening state health official report more than 134,000 new coronavirus cases over the last week prompting reporters to ask president biden about the defiance on thursday. today, desantis shot the back. guess i m not surprised that biden doesn t remember me, i guess the question is what else has he forgotten. a potential 2024 presidentia
doctors and nurses that they regret not getting the shot. the cdc director, andrea says that tennessee s decision to halt vaccine outreach to teenagers is, quote, incredibly disturbing. of course, as you know, this comes after a top state health official says she was fired for sending a memo to physicians outlining a state policy that allowed minors to seek medical care without parental consent. that has touched off a wave of controversy here, and has led critics to say that vaccine outreach has become politicized. andrea? thanks to you, gabe gutierrez. let s go west to guad venegas. the timing of the setback is difficult for residents. they re seeing the school year just around the corner. andrea, yes. in los angeles, a lot of residents thought it was time to throw away the mask and now they re coming back with this mandatory mask mandate.