COVID-19 far from over12 Jul 2020 21:38
New York Times article today reports more than 15,000 new cases of the coronavirus announced on Sunday in Florida, marking the highest single-day total of known cases in any state since the start of the pandemic.
Florida’s surge soared past the previous record, set in New York, of more than 12,000 cases in a day. That occurred in April, during the worst of the outbreak there, when testing was scarce. And Florida is reporting far fewer deaths than New York.
Florida also saw single-day records in the counties that include Florida’s largest cities, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Fort Myers, West Palm Beach, Pensacola and Sarasota.
Florida has recorded more than 269,800 cases, with more than 4,200 total deaths, according to a New York Times database.