Community Closures, Hospital Crowding Underscore Severity of Delta Surge

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Community Closures, Hospital Crowding Underscore Severity of Delta Surge

Social media posts Sunday about the closure of businesses across the territory for contact tracing, coupled with a plea from St. Croix’s Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital about a record number of hospitalizations, highlighted the impact of the Delta variant.

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