Authorization. The moderna vaccine is expected to be fully approved in the fall. Experts believe full approval will make a difference in convincing some people to get vaccinated. But perhaps more importantly, it could lead to a surge in vaccine mandates. Today, the cdc reported 135,494 new cases of coronavirus today in the united states. Across the nation, the weekly average for covid hospitalizations is 11,521. That s an increase of 14. 2% from the week before. In six states, alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, oregon, and washington, new admissions of patients with coronavirus are currently at their highest level since the start of the pandemic. Hospitalization and infection rates for children are also on the rise. Nbc news reporting as of wednesday, u. S. Hospitals were tending to an average of more than 1,200 children a day, twice the number from the end of july. Alabama admitted nearly 260 kids between august 10 and 16, an average of 37 per day and an increase of more than 3
From the week before. In six states, alabama, florida, louisiana, mississippi, oregon and washington, new admissions of patients with coronavirus are currently at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic. Hospitalizations and infection rates for children are also on the rise. Nbc news reporting, as of wednesday, u. S. Hospitals were attending to an average of more than 1200 children a day. Twice the number from the end of july. Alabama admitted nearly 260 kids between august 10th and 16th. An average of 37 per day. And an increase of more than 300% from the previous week. Florida leads the nation entrails children hospitalized with covid19, averaging 54 new admissions a day over the past week, according to the cdc. Of course, florida s republican governor, along with a number of other republican governors across the country, are still banning mask mandates in schools. But parents and school boards, they are fighting back. Millions of students in florida, texas and arizona a
A dangerous storm now that is gaining strength at this hour. Let s go outfront. Good evening, everyone. I m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Tonight these powerful images we ll show you capturing the scene inside a c17 packed mostly with afghan nationals fle fleeing their home country. Clarissa ward and vince wells are on that plane now. Roughly 400 people making their way to kutar. This comes as president biden takes questions for the first time since afghanistan collapsed to the taliban. Biden admitting he does not know how many americans are still in afghanistan, but he promised to get every last one out. Let me be clear, any american who wants to come home, we will get you home. Will you sign off on sending u. S. Troops into kabul to evacuate americans who haven t been able to get to the airport safely? we have no indication they haven t been able to get in kabul through the airport. Yet, this afternoon, biden s defense secretary appeared to contradict the president on that. Durin
Population is fully vaccinated. It s a state where the dailyaverage number of hospitalizations is north of 12,000. And just to break that down for you, in more human terms. That means mortuary trailers are coming in to store bodies of covid victims. It means dozens of children are newly hospitalized with covid every day. With pediatric icu beds unavailable in some areas. In case texas leadership is listening right now, i am going to speak in very blunt terms. Texans are dying. Parents are dying. Their children are becoming orphans or they are sick and hospitalized, themselves. This child has died of covid. And yet, the state s thrice vaccinated, covidpositive leader, governor greg abbott, has spent months blocking mask mandates. Abbott tested positive for covid this week. 24 hours after attending this maskless fet. Covid is a serious matter, even for someone waging war against preventative measures, which is why abbott got treated right away with regeneron s monoclonal antibodies presc
City. I know the area around it, so it was very tough and very horrible all two cds pictures. So we decided to make 100 of these boots, one boots i would wear in the game against arsenal. I play football, that s what i like, what i love. That the public as may be the symbol that i show my support to them, and those who lost pets and animals, so it s all very hard, anything is also a topic for me to get into the next couple of years because, i think, we are humans and we can change it we can maybe help. Still are humans and we can change it we can maybe help can maybe help. Still to come on sportsday there s an emotional return to leeds rhinos for rob burrow. And it s still a long way to wembley, but we ll be live at the worlds oldest club ahead of their fa cup prelimiary round tie. The paralympics start on tuesday. 0ur reporter sally hurst has spoken to a number of athletes before they flew out to tokyo today we hear from two members of the gb rowing squad ellen buttrick making