COVID News update summary August 2 2021

Florida breaks record in cases, hospitalizations; over 1M vaccine doses thrown away in 10 states: Latest COVID-19 news Florida on Sunday broke its record for current hospitalizations, days after it recorded the most new daily cases since the start of the pandemic. Elinor Aspegren and Steven Vargas USA TODAY

Infections surging and 'things are going to get worse,' Fauci says

The U.S. likely won't see the lockdowns that plagued the nation last year despite surging infections, but "things are going to get worse," Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday.

Fauci, making the rounds on morning news shows, noted that half of Americans have been vaccinated. That, he said, should be enough people to avoid drastic measures. But not enough to crush the outbreak.