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Cars enactment up astatine Miami Dade College North campus' COVID-19 investigating site, Thursday, July 29, 2021, successful Miami. Hospital admissions of coronavirus patients proceed to soar successful Florida with astatine slightest 2 areas successful the authorities surpassing erstwhile peaks reached during past summer's surge. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Florida has reported 21,683 caller cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day full since the commencement of the pandemic, according to national wellness information released Saturday.

The authorities has go the caller nationalist epicenter for the virus, accounting for astir a 5th of each caller cases successful the U.S.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has resisted mandatory disguise mandates and vaccine requirements, and on with the Florida Legislature, has constricted section officials’ quality to enforce measures meant to halt the dispersed of COVID-19.

The figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention connected Saturday showed however rapidly the fig of cases is rising successful the Sunshine State. Only a time earlier, Florida reported 17,093 caller regular cases.

The erstwhile highest successful Florida had been 19,334 cases reported connected Jan. 7.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier communicative follows below.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Universal Orlando Resort and SeaWorld are the latest taxable parkland resorts successful Florida to again inquire visitors to deterioration masks indoors, with Universal besides ordering its employees to deterioration look coverings to support against COVID-19, which has been surging crossed the state.

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All workers astatine Universal's Florida parkland connected Saturday started being required to deterioration masks portion indoors arsenic the employees returned to practicing societal distancing. The location to Harry Potter and Despicable Me rides besides asked visitors to travel national and section wellness guidelines by voluntarily wearing look coverings indoors.

“The wellness and information of our guests and squad members is ever our apical priority," Universal said successful a statement.

Health officials connected Friday announced that coronavirus cases successful Florida had jumped 50% implicit the past week with COVID-19 hospitalizations successful the authorities nearing past year’s peak.

SeaWorld connected Saturday posted connected its website that it was recommending that visitors travel precocious updated national recommendations and deterioration look coverings portion indoors.

The alteration successful argumentation this week astatine the taxable parkland resorts came aft the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that everyone deterioration masks indoors, careless of vaccination status.

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Crosstown rival Walt Disney World started requiring employees and guests older than 2 to deterioration masks connected Friday, but it besides went a measurement further. The Walt Disney Company said successful a connection that it volition beryllium requiring each salaried and non-union hourly employees successful the U.S. who enactment connected tract to beryllium fully vaccinated.

Disney employees who aren’t already vaccinated volition person 60 days to bash truthful and those inactive moving from location volition request to amusement impervious of vaccination earlier returning. Disney said it was discussing the vaccine requirements with the union, and added that each caller hires volition beryllium required to beryllium afloat vaccinated earlier starting enactment astatine the company.

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