Texas reported more than 13,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday.
Stephen Love with the DFW Hospital Council tells KRLD the huge spike is due to the highly contagious Delta variant.
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Love says one person with the Delta variant can infect up to 8 other people, so he says expects the number of new cases to continues to rise, which will mean more hospitalizations and more deaths. Love says wearing a mask is a good way to protect yourself and others.
He says there is great concern about the number of children becoming infected, especially since kids under age 12 cannot yet get a vaccine.
A vaccine for kids likely won't be available until the end of the year.
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