(ANSA) - NEW YORK, AUGUST 05 - The United States flies towards 100,000 cases of Covid a day due to the spread of the Delta variant in areas with low vaccination rates.
Like in Florida, where federal data shows a wave of infections and the number of hospitalizations for Covid at a record level.
According to the Department of Health, hospitalizations in SunshineState were 11,515.
And in just one month, the Florida Hospital Association explained, it went from 2,000 to 10,000 hospital stays.
The increase in infections due to the Delta variant, they added, is affecting young people more than in previous dates. Meanwhile, in Mississippi, the state with the lowest covid vaccination rate in the United States (less than 35% of the population is fully immunized), ICU beds for seriously ill people are running out. Jonathan Wilson, director of administration at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, pointed out that there are now only six beds available statewide in intensive care (not only for severely covid sufferers, but also for those suffering from 'traditional' health problems such as heart attacks and strokes). The situation is also complex in neighboring Arkansas (where 42% of the population is fully vaccinated):25 beds remained in intensive care throughout the state. (HANDLE).
