Coronavirus cases are rising at an alarming rate across Florida as the delta variant races through the state, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned on Thursday.
Murthy said that Florida has been left vulnerable to rising COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths due to pockets of the state with low vaccination rates.
The surgeon general called it an “all-in moment” for the nation as the coronavirus pandemic becomes a more regional phenomenon. Just three states — Florida, Texas and Missouri — accounted for 40% of COVID-19 cases reported this week, officials said.
