Texas Deploys Medical Help; Illinois Cracks Down: Virus Update

Texas deployed another 2,500 medical staff and equipment to health care facilities throughout the state as hospitalizations near a record.

Illinois issued broader measures to contain the delta-fueled outbreak, mandating masks indoors statewide and expanding vaccine requirements to all health-care workers, teachers from preschool through high school, and students and staff at higher education institutions. Kentucky, Florida and Georgia led U.S. states in per-capita hospital admissions.