is there cause for concern in. there s always cause for concern when we see the health care facilities overwhelmed. they may be doing because they re sick, but also the find out what they have. reporter: a rapid rise in new infections. the cdc says 25% of americans tested positive compared to 3% a year ago. it s respiratory virus season. they like indoors and also love it when people congregate. that s where we are right now, especially around the holiday seasons. reporter: covid up 14%. if it worsens in l.a. county, officials say, it s back to mandatory masking. a huge respite for the pandemic is these respiratory viruses spread through the air. the other thing is masks are effective. reporter: vaccines, which are lagging nationwide. just 13% of americans got the
footballers past to challenges faced by diverse footballers past and to challenges faced by diverse footballers past and present. i to challenges faced by diverse i footballers past and present. jenny kumah, bbc footballers past and present. jenny kumah, bbc news. around 1.3 million people in the uk tested positive for coronavirus in the week ending 26 september, up from just over 1 million the previous week an increase of more than a third. 0ur health editor hugh pym is with me. hugh, what are the implications of this? looking at the figures, there is certainly a noticeable increase in factions in england. the trend was a little less clear in scotland, wales and northern ireland, but these figures only go up until the 24th of september so they are a little bit backward looking, if you like, and it s almost certain that it s it s almost certain that its continued to increase since then and we have more timely actually for admissions in england showing a 33% increase in patien
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we are seeing a lot of covid, anderson, like your previous piece mentioned. we are concerned. we are seeing more covid than we have seen in previous waves as everyone is referencing tonight. and it s worrying the worst of the winter has not passed and so we are bracing for what is still to come. the new york governor said the state is not in a good place. are hospitalizations for covid up, or is it a symptom of people in the hospital for something else and they end up testing positive for covid? i think it s important to answer that question to give people at home a bit of context. so we have been testing children who come to the hospital for any reason for a long time now. so, children before they have routine surgeries and procedures, as well as children