Springfield, Missouri (CNN) Louie Michael and his wife, Pattie Bunch, were both hospitalized last month with Covid-19 in Springfield, Missouri. The state's health department estimates that more than 70 percent of the virus in the state is the more infectious -- possibly more dangerous -- Delta variant. The analysis by Georgetown University researchers identified 30 clusters of counties with low vaccination rates and significant population sizes. "It runs the gamut," Lisa Marshall, director of the Taney County Health Department, said of the hesitancy to the vaccine. Couple, sick with Covid-19, holds hands in the ICUIn Rogersville, Louie Michael said he and wife Pattie Bunch, a nurse, had been "dragging our feet" since the spring about getting a Covid-19 vaccine.

Source: CNN July 09, 2021 01:18 UTC