Xfinity is here to inspire your biggest dreams were so happy to say welcome to your new day here and to have your company. It is saturday, august 7th. Im christi paul. Im boris sanchez. Thank you for spending part of your morning with us. Christi, always a pleasure to be with you. You, too, boris. We want to talk about the Health Officials who say the u. S. Is at a crucial moment. Hospitals overrun with unvaccinated patients and the Delta Variant is spreading. The country has tools to get the virus under control. Thats the most tragic aspect of all of this. It is preventible. Yet for the first time since february the united states is averaging more than 100,000 new infections a day and deaths are also on the rise. The virus spreading quickly through unvaccinated communities and as we look at this map, you can see all the red in the southeast where Vaccination Rates lag behind the rest of the country. In states with the highest infection rates, the numbers are rising. In mississippi, ju
The u. S. Now hitting a major milestone. The cdc says over 50 of the population is now fully vaccinated. This is important. Vaccinations in states hardest hit by the Delta Variant have been rising in recent days. But that has not been able to slow the deluge of patients pushing hospitals to capacity. There is new word that Booster Shots for the immunocompromised may be recommended, an Administration Official tells cnn. The fda could come to that decision in just the next few weeks. We want to begin in florida, where new cases are breaking state records. Cnns Natasha Chen is in orlAndo this morning. Natasha, there is no question, florida has become the epicenter of this new surge, but the state is not alone. Reporter right. Unfortunately, this is happening in many places. The good news is the Health Staff behind me at this mobile unit for the Vaccination Clinic were here at today, they say that every time they see a spike in cases in florida here, they also see a spike in vaccination ra
In cases, the scale of which we havent seen in six months. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 107,000 new covid cases a day, meaning were now in the second highest peak of the whole pandemic. As a result, hospitalizations are back up nearing levels weve seen in previous peaks. The silver lining, last time cases were this high, there were about 14,000 more people in the hospital. But on the ground, its no less dire. In texas, a Parents Nightmare played out. Houstons pediatric hospitals at full capacity. So an 11 month old had to be air lifted, even though the child had covid 150 miles away. In florida, the countrys covid epicenter, record high in hospitalizations after covid cases skyrocketed this week. More than 134,000 covid infections in florida. The states highest for cases recorded over any seven Day Period throughout the pandemic. Despite the deteriorating situation, governor Ron Desantis Wont budge from School Mandates choosing political fights over pandemic preventions, so pri
And if theres one place that needs extra attention right now, its florida. Over the last week, more than 134,000 people there tested positive for covid. To put this into perspective, the u. S. Was seeing sevenday averages close to this in late may and early june, so a single state is now seeing as many cases per week as the entire country was just two short months ago, and yet florida governor Ron Desantis is facing a countrysized case count, he is playing politics despite the Fact Florida leads the country in the number of children hospitalized for covid19. He is banning Mask Mandates is schools and refusing to put in Place Mitigation measures really anywhere in the state. Lets go to orlando, florida, and natasha chen. Natasha, give us the latest here on floridas covid situation. It is just going downhill quickly. Reporter yeah, jim. The Health Officials are doing everything they can. Were at the mexican consulate in Downtown Orlando where they vaccinated about 20 people today. Earlie
Continue as we get a live updat and send you images of obtained exclusively by Fox News of cramped conditions inside a migrant Detention Center in texas amid fears that crowds of sick or untested vaccinated migrants are the president breaking the Internet Today by wearing a pantsuit. Why its barking memories of seven years ago when former in moment that became new is pantsuit gate. We begin with the latest in the war of words between Tallahasse And Washington courtesy of florida Governor Rhonda santos. Good evening, mark. These not going to impose any kind of steep white Mask Mandat or require kids in his state to wear a mask for School But President President Biden is criticizing the governor for these decisions intimate desantis is firing right back. Im the governor who protect the jobs and education and businesses in florida. The governor is defending hi position not to impose sweeping new pandemic restrictions even as democrats accuse him of putting floridas kids at risk for it. He