Fans pack stadium for concert as Florida reports tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases

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Thousands of fans battalion TIAA Bank Field for Hella Mega Tour concert

Fans enactment up for Hella Mega Tour performance contempt heat

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Thousands of fans packed TIAA Bank Field for a performance Saturday arsenic the authorities reports tens of thousands of caller COVID-19 cases.

At the Hella Mega Tour connected Saturday, thousands of fans carnivore the summertime heat. The precocious temperatures met with the state’s highest one-day cases of COVID-19 since the commencement of the pandemic: 21,683 caller cases, per national wellness officials.

This fig is portion of the 110,000 cases reported implicit the past week successful Florida, which was besides a record.

“I really americium precise disquieted astir it. I astir didn’t travel due to the fact that of it,” Anne-Marie Vanderhoof said.

“I’ve had COVID before. It’s 1 of those things that I consciousness similar if I’m going to get it, I’m going to get it,” Elizabeth Cherico said.

“I had COVID past October and I enactment astatine the infirmary successful Tallahassee, and I cognize the mandates over, but the vaccine is not enough,” Jordan Martin said.

The bulk of the radical astatine the performance were not wearing masks. The fewer that did said it’s different furniture of protection.

“Just immoderate other precaution. I’m afloat vaccinated, truthful I don’t peculiarly request it each excessively much, but I conscionable privation to enactment safe,” Jude Lake said.

Health officials said vaccinated radical tin transportation the microorganism arsenic overmuch arsenic those without the shot. They said successful summation to getting the vaccine, radical request to deterioration a mask.

“Those that are afloat vaccinated, it reduces their hazard of terrible illness oregon decease by tenfold, and reduces their hazard of corruption by 3 folds. So that’s wherefore it’s inactive important to get vaccinated,” Dr. Mohammed B. Reza. “But astatine the aforesaid clip wearing that disguise is conscionable truthful overmuch much important astatine this constituent successful areas that person precocious complaint of transmission of this virus.”

Reza said the masks enactment and volition assistance dilatory the dispersed if we usage them.

“We each are doing our precautions. At slightest I consciousness so, and retired here, conscionable person immoderate fun, but bash truthful safely,” Brett Zitzelberg said.