Daybreak Today Thursday Morning Brief

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Lubbock hospitals are dealing with an increase in COVID-19 patients.

• Both University Medical Center and Covenant Health are treating dozens of patients.
• Doctors say most of them are unvaccinated.
• KCBD NewsChannel 11′s Kase Wilbanks has more: Frustration grows at Lubbock hospitals as unvaccinated COVID-19 patients increase

Lubbock County reported 121 new cases of COVID.

• There are now 953 active cases.
• Another 120 patients are hospitalized in Lubbock’s 22-county trauma region.

Astrazeneca says it plans to seek U.S. approval for its COVID vaccine.

• The paperwork could be filed before the year is up.
• Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are the only companies that have vaccines approved for emergency use in the U.S.
• Read the details here: AstraZeneca to seek US approval of COVID vaccine in 2nd half of year

The FBI released its final report on a mass shooting that left eight people dead at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis.

• Investigators say the gunman planned the April shooting for months.
• There is no evidence the shootings were racially motivated.
• Get those details here: Indianapolis FedEx Shooter Who Killed 4 Sikhs Was Not Racially Motivated, Police Say

President Joe Biden is expected to announce new COVID guidelines for federal employees.

• They must either get vaccinated or submit to regular testing, masking and other conditions.
• Those who choose not to get vaccinated will not be fired.
• Read more here: White House considering vaccine mandate for federal workers

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