Florida reported 252 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours on Thursday, its third straight single-day record total of COVID-19 fatalities.
The state also reported 9,956 new cases, bringing its total to more than 461,000 infections and 6,709 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Florida’s ranks as the second-highest infection total in the nation, just behind California’s 473,785, according to CBS News.
Florida is the largest state in the country without some form of a statewide mask mandate.
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Total U.S. deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 150,000 on Wednesday. Deaths related to the virus have risen for three weeks in a row, although week-to-week case numbers began to fall for the first time in June.
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JUST IN: Florida reports third straight single-day coronavirus death record https://t.co/XCX07PLUDP pic.twitter.com/SmqS900Nbk
— The Hill (@thehill) July 30, 2020
Miami-Dade ICUs at 146% capacity with coronavirus patients, according to federal document https://t.co/mRolLbTkP4 via @YahooNews
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) July 30, 2020
Florida had better get its act together soon. I have reservations for a trip to the Gulf beaches in December.
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