Week Jump Ed by 10 compared to the previous week in all but two states. 34 of those states saw cases jump more than 50 . Meantime, doctors in alabama, mississippi, florida and missouri say hospitals are filling up again. Except this time the patients are younger than before. Even unvaccinated patients in their 20s and 30s are now dying there from covid. Some experts are warning a Return To Mitigation Measures may be soon to come, like the ones we saw in the early days of the pandemic, like Mask Mandates. Some cities and counties are not waiting. Officials in st. Louis, missouri, have gone One Step Beyond that, instituting an indoor Mask Mandate in public places, starting today. Los Angeles County did the same last week. So, lets begin in one state where covid cases are surging. Leila santiago joins me. Good morning. What is the situation on the ground . Reporter good morning, poppy. We are at a Vaccination And Testing site. You can see, there is a steady flow of cars lining up. I will
And theyre the ones largely dying compared to others who are vaccinated. Lets talk with medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Elizabeth . This is an unfortunate story. It did not have to happen. It was hoped if enough of us got vaccinated that we could protect the vulnerable, people who are immuno compromised. The vaccine often doesnt work out so well for them and they are not protected. But it hasnt worked out that way. Vaccination rates are so low that were not protecting these vulnerable people. Let me introduce you to one of these vulnerable people. Kimberly cooley, who lives in m mississippi. Shes there with her two 6yearold nephews prepandemic. In the county she lives in only about 37 of people are vaccinated and that means she cant get near her two nephews. Again that photo is from before the pandemic. Kimberly did get vaccinated and she posted it on twitter when she did. She said hey, lets all do our part. Im get ting vaccinated. We all need to do our part. Unfortunately, that
The highly transmissible Covid Delta Variant spreading across the u. S. And after just missing president bidens vaccination goal, the White House increasing efforts to get more shots in arms. 74 of unvaccinated people say they definitely or probably will not do it. Overseas tonight, Pope Francis recovering from surgery. The vatican calling it a scheduled procedure. How long will he remain hospitalized . Our Amy Robach in vatican city. Back home, the urgent manhunt under way for the suspect wanted for killing tHree people, including a Golf Pro, shot on the Golf Course. A white Pickup Truck driving onto the green. A gunman opening fire. The bodies of two other victims found in the back of the pickup. News tonight about a young Nhl Player killed in a Fireworks Accident. And former Presiimmy Carter and former First Ladyly thei75th anniversary, sharing their secrets about marriage and what they learned along the way. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a busy monday night. Im Whi
Date. astonishing numbers, and human smuggling rampant. and dash cam video showing a trooper pulling over a human smuggler after a pursuit in maverick county. everybody goes baling out of the vehicle, they ran off, the trooper was by himself. he has to make a split second decision, he stays with the smuggler, she was a female u.s. citizen from san antonio, charged with human smuggling. and more in arizona, border patrol in the tucson arizona sector stopped this pickup truck driving at extreme speeds and had 13 illegal immigrants, including two small unrestrained children and six in the bed of the truck dressed up in camouflage, rare to see little kids involved in smuggling events like that. but it goes to show they don t
And i remember the paramedics telling me, i can t believe you re alive. i can t believe you made it through this. you re so lucky. this was a pole that fell off the load of a pickup truck driving in front of the woman s suv, missing her face by inches, as you heard there. really a miracle she s alive. that s my nightmare, john berman. i have that phobia. thank you very much, everyone. cnn s coverage continues right now. good monday morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow. jim has this morning off. as far as covid we re going in the wrong direction, those words from dr. anthony fauci, as covid-19 cases are still on the rise. highly contagious delta variant infecting large numbers of people right now. rate of infections in the past