The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday 75% of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. The milestone was announced as the U.S. soared past 40 million reported cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, with the Delta variant continuing to fuel this summer’s surge. Children currently make up more than a quarter of new cases nationwide.
In Florida, 13 school employees of public schools in Miami-Dade have died from COVID since mid-August. The district enacted a mask mandate despite efforts to ban the requirement by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. All 13 COVID victims were African American.