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New infections rising in every state; Fauci says we'd still have polio if vaccine had drawn COVID-like misinformation: Live COVID updates

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Jordan Culver John Bacon
USA TODAY
July 18, 2021

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The number of new coronavirus infections is now rising in all 50 states and hospitalizations nationwide are increasing at an alarming rate, data out Sunday reveals.

New infections rose in all 50 states Saturday, the third consecutive day, data from Johns Hopkins University shows. And more than 25,000 U.S. patients who likely had COVID-19 were in hospitals Saturday, up 24.1% from a week earlier. Throughout the week hospitals admitted 51,378 likely COVID patients, up 15%. And 6,198 adults with COVID-19 were in intensive-care units, up 25.7% from a week earlier.

The vast majority of new case and hospitalizations involve people who are not vaccinated, health experts say. Some blame "misinformation" about the vaccine being spread on social media and elsewhere.

"When we talk to people who believe some of these myths about the COVID-19 vaccine about COVID itself and ask them where to get that information, many of them point to their social media platforms," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an interview with "Fox News Sunday."

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said past vaccination campaigns wouldn't have been nearly as effective had they also been hampered by misinformation.

"We probably would still have polio in this country if we had the kind of false information that's being spread now," he said.

Also in the news:

* Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported 980 additional COVID-19 cases and three more coronavirus-related deaths. It was the first time in five days that the state reported less than 1,000 new cases.

* Three Democratic Texas state lawmakers who fled to Washington, D.C., to stymie passage of a restrictive, GOP-backed voting law have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, according to Texas House Democratic Caucus leadership.

* Over 100,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the government’s latest measures to push people to get vaccinated and curb rising infections by the delta variant of the coronavirus.

More - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/07/18/3-texas-democrats-test-positive-despite-vaccination-latest-covid-news/8005444002/