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MIAMI – Florida is seeing a crisp emergence successful coronavirus infections arsenic the omicron variant rages done the state.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported much than 58,000 caller cases for Wednesday and revised its tallies to adhd thousands of cases to the regular counts of erstwhile days, mounting caller pandemic records.
The caller CDC estimation raises the 7-day mean successful Florida to much than 36,400 caller cases. The fig was astatine astir 26,600 astatine the highest of the summertime surge successful August, which was fueled by the delta variant.
In Miami-Dade County, wherever cases person been concentrated, 1 retired 4 radical is investigating affirmative for the virus.
Because of the surge, Miami-Dade County Public Schools said that, starting Monday, each employees, volunteers and visitors volition beryllium required to deterioration look coverings astatine schools and facilities, and students volition beryllium powerfully encouraged to deterioration them. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into instrumentality successful November a measurement that prevents schoolhouse districts from imposing disguise mandates for students.
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Face coverings besides volition beryllium required for spectators astatine each schoolhouse sporting events nether the argumentation announced Thursday.
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department says Florida hospitals were treating astir 4,000 COVID-19 patients connected Thursday, compared to 3,400 the erstwhile day. Those numbers are inactive good beneath the 17,000 hospitalized patients seen during the summer.
The Florida Hospital Association said connected Wednesday that hospitals are facing “the strain of workforce challenges."
“ERs are being enactment nether accrued unit to supply care,” the radical posted connected Twitter.
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