WH: Of COVID-19 cases this week, 40% originated in Florida, Texas and Missouri
At a briefing Thursday, Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said that 40% of all coronavirus cases this week were concentrated in Florida, Texas and Missouri. He added that for the second week in a row, Florida accounted for 20% of all the cases in the nation.
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- The data is clear. The case increases are concentrated in communities with low vaccination rates. In fact, the counties with the highest case rates have significantly lower vaccination rates than counties with lower case rates. This week, just three states, Florida, Texas, and Missouri, three states with lower vaccination rates, accounted for 40% of all cases nationwide, for the second week in a row, one in five of all cases occurring in Florida alone. And within communities, these cases are primarily among unvaccinated people.
