friedan, i appreciate it tonight.. >>> closer look now at florida, which over the past week has accounted for nearly a quarter of all cases in the country. that's more than any other state. new cases there are now averaging 10,000 a day. they have tripled in the last two weeks. randi kaye reports on what she saw at a major hospital in jacksonville that is struggling to keep up. >> the increase started happening so quickly, and it's multiplying so fast every single day. we can't open up beds fast enough to meet the demands. >> we met chief nursing officer tammy daniel in jacksonville's baptist medical center, on one of the hospital's covid floors. where those battling covid are kept in special rooms reserved for patients with infectious diseases. baptist is now treating 389 covid patients. that's an increase of about 11% from last week. 83 of the patients are in the icu and on ventilators. fighting to survive. baptist says more than 99% of the infected patients here are not vaccinated. and dr. michelle aquino says thos