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Delta variant surges across southern US; political leaders clamp down again
FILE PHOTO: Critical care workers insert an endotracheal tube into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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FLORIDA: The US states of Florida and Louisiana were at or near their highest hospitalisation numbers of the coronavirus pandemic on Monday (Aug 2), driven by the still-spreading Delta variant, as one doctor warned of the darkest days yet.
Delta variant surges across U.S. South; political leaders clamp down again
More than 10,000 patients were hospitalized in Florida as of Sunday, surpassing that state s record. Louisiana was expected to break its record within 24 hours, prompting Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, to order residents to wear masks again indoors.
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Joseph Ax and Nathan Layne / Reuters | 6:40 pm, Aug. 2, 2021 ×
An MTA worker is seen wearing a mask on the subway after The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced a mandatory coronavirus vaccination or weekly test mandate for employees in New York City, New York, U.S., August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Unvaccinated Covid-19 patients are filling up hospitals, putting the care of others at risk, doctors say
Posted: Aug 1, 2021 11:01 PM
Updated: Aug 1, 2021 11:01 PM
Posted By: By Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi, CNN
Hospitals are surging with unvaccinated patients infected with the Delta variant which could affect car accident victims and other non-Covid-19 patients who need hospital care, doctors say. None of these patients thought they would get the virus, but the Delta variant has proven to be so highly contagious that even the young and the healthy, including pregnant patients, are now starting to fill up our hospitals, said Dr. Neil Finkler, chief clinical officer for AdventHealth Central Florida.
Delta variant surges across U.S. South; political leaders clamp down again
More than 10,000 patients were hospitalized in Florida as of Sunday, surpassing that state s record. Louisiana was expected to break its record within 24 hours, prompting Governor John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, to order residents to wear masks again indoors.
Written By:
Joseph Ax and Nathan Layne / Reuters | 6:40 pm, Aug. 2, 2021 ×
An MTA worker is seen wearing a mask on the subway after The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced a mandatory coronavirus vaccination or weekly test mandate for employees in New York City, New York, U.S., August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly