Getting seriously ill. You have to give people hope. One arm, one shot, one life. And we ve just got to keep pumping and grinding. Millions of folks are just a couple questions or answers away from being vaccinated. And that s the answer to this pandemic. Getting as many people vaccinated as we possibly can. In washington, in for pamela brown tonight. You are live in the cnn newsroom. More pandemic wary americans are getting the point. The vaccines work. The number new shots given is still rising. The cdc reporting that more than 700,000 americans got a dose of vaccine every day for the past five days. Still, just shy of half the country is now fully vaccinated. The tens of millions of people still unvaccinated are vulnerable to the more contagious delta variant and new cases are rising. All those states in dark red have new cases jumping at least 50% compared to the week prior. Hospitalizations and deaths, they are also surging. So health officials are stressing this number. Listen to
Hello, everyone, happy thursday. Now six months into his first term in office, u. S. President biden is addressing several of the key issues weighing on the minds of millions of americans. He was pressed on the economy, infrastructure and covid19 at a town hall. With the delta variant taking hold, biden s top health officials are discussing revising mask recommendations for vaccinated americans. But the president says that it is a pandemic of the unvaccinated adding his administration is working to fight a flurry of misinformation. Take a listen. One of those other networks is not a big fan of mine. The one you talk about a lot. But if you notice, as they say in the southern part of my state, they have had an altar call some of those guys. All of a sudden they are out there saying let s get vaccinated, let s get vaccinated. The very people before this were saying but that i shouldn t make fun. That is good. It is good. It is good. We just have to keep telling the truth. The economic of
Answered away from being vaccinated. That s ultimately the answer to this pandemic, is getting as many people vaccinated as we can. I just thought it was blown out of proportion and healthy people don t get sick. I proved that wrong. I m phil mattingly in washington in for pamela brown. Welcome. More americans rolling up their sleeves and buying into the most simple of truths about the pandemic, the vaccines work. The number of new shots given is still rising. The cdc now reporting that 700,000 americans got a dose of vaccine every day the past five straight days. Still, just shy of off the country is now fully vaccinated. But tens of millions of people still unvaccinated are vulnerable to the more contagious delta variant and new cases are climbing. Take a look at this map. All of those states in dark red have new cases jumping at least 50% compared to the week before. Hospitalizations, deaths are also surging. So health officials are stressing this number. More than 99. 999% of peopl
Now. Very good friday morning to you. I m jim sciutto. I m poppy harlow. We re glad you re with us. We begin with troubling news. Covid cases are increasing in all 50 states fueled by a disturbing drop in vaccination rates and, of course, the surging delta variant. Take a look at this map. What you re looking at is 38 states seeing at least a 50% increase in cases. Those are the deep red states there on the map. 38 of them. And while that is bad, the director of the cdc said things can still get worse. Los angeles county, a place that has seen that had seen cases drop to low levels, is now reinstating its indoor mask mandate regardless of ration status. An effort to battle this new surge in cases. Health officials say this. Note this. All covid patients now in hospitals there are unvaccinated. Unvaccinated. All the patients in the hospitals. The nation had seen a steep drop in the pace now of vaccinations, and the surgeon general is warning about the potentially deadly danger of vaccin
With just four days to go until the opening ceremonies, the number of covid cases linked to the 2020 olympic games has risen to 58. This includes american tennis hopeful corey coco gauff who announced on sunday she was pulling out of the competition. Coronavirus cases are rising in japan which raised fears the start on friday could turn into a super global spreader event. Blake essex joins us from tokyo. The olympic organizers must be scrambling to deal with the fallout. What s the latest? reporter: yeah, kim. Look, i mean, the health and safety concern remains a big issue here in japan, and a main reason why these games continue to be so deeply unpopular. But just last week international olympic committee president bach said the risk of spreading because of the olympics is zero. A growing number of cases are testing olympic organizers promise they ll be able to deliver a safe and secure owe lim olympic games. Take a listen. Olympics is a safe place to stay. We cannot say there will b