Mississippi is least vaccinated state in US; New Zealand reports 20 new cases for third day
- US officials optimistic Covid booster rollout will start on 20 September
- How a tiny Taiwan village overcame Delta
- Bereaved call for UK Covid memorial to be preserved
- See all our coronavirus coverage
Madeline Holcombe at CNN has some quotes from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear about the crisis in the state where a federal medical team arrived this weekend to try and help increase hospital capacity. Holcombe quotes Beshear saying:
Our situation is dire. We are hit very, very hard, but we are going to continue to fight. When you’re at war, you don’t get to cry about what you can or can’t do. You’ve got to do your very best every day because this is a battle of life versus death.
Today’s official Covid figures from Russia are being reported by Reuters. The latest number of deaths is 790, and there have been 17,856 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.