Florida reports over 15,000 COVID-19 cases in single-day record
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - Florida reported a record increase of more than 15,000 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day on Sunday as the growing outbreak forces state authorities to close some businesses and beaches.
If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for the most new cases a day behind the United States, Brazil and India.
Its daily increases have already surpassed the highest daily tally reported by any European country during the height of the pandemic there. Florida has also broken New York States record of 12,847 new cases on April 10 when it was the epicenter of the U.S. outbreak.
To combat the outbreak, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered bars to close but has resisted calls for a statewide mandate to wear masks in public.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-florida-idUSKCN24D0I5
yardwork
(61,703 posts)spinbaby
(15,090 posts)If I lived in Orlando, I wouldnt hesitate to go to Disney World. From all reports, theyre doing an excellent job of enforcing masks and social distancing.I have friends in Orlando who say Disney is way safer than Target or Publix. I wouldnt risk the travel , but if I were local, Id definitely go.
BTW, I know a respiratory therapist is the area who is being offered exorbitant amounts of money to work extra shifts because the hospitals are so swamped.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)who went there yesterday. They showed videos of what the social distancing really looked like as opposed to what Disney says and showed. Big difference! Lines of people with no social distancing at all, going in both directions, etc. They turned around and left.
spinbaby
(15,090 posts)Theyre also reporting that people all over the Orlando area are going to restaurants, stores, and gyms with many not wearing masks.
Meanwhile Hong Kong Disneyland is closing again over 52 cases.
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)sunshine and magic will make the virus disappear. It won't work if you don't believe. Click your heels 3 times and say MAGA
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Back in March, Rick Scott was attacking New York and other Democratic states for federal bailouts and bragging about how Florida was doing.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2020/03/26/coronavirus-florida-scott-critical-bailout-plan-giving-too-much-jobless/2921280001/
Scott, who ultimately supported the massive proposal expected to win House approval Friday, said the $600 weekly payouts to those losing their jobs would disincentive people from returning to the workforce.
When this crisis is over, we want everyone to go back into the workforce and we should not be creating a perverse incentive not to work, Scott said in a statement, following the Senate vote late Wednesday.
Labor representatives, who held a media call Thursday to discuss their campaign urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to relax provisions of the states unemployment benefits law, condemned Scotts stance.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)$600 weekly for a family of 4 is subsistence. Oh.. Big disincentive there, Rick. This ain't the Great Depression when a loaf of bread was a dime. A nutritious loaf of bread is a five-spot when it's on sale. But Skeletor/Medicare Fraudster really knows how to pinch those pennies: Just STEAL!
What an asshole.
BumRushDaShow
(129,450 posts)Florida on Sunday reported a record 15,300 new coronavirus cases, the most by any state in a single day since the pandemic reached the United States. The staggering number was the result of both increased testing and widespread community transmission that has affected the states population centers as well as its rural areas. It shattered the previous highs of 11,694 reported by California last week and 11,571 reported by New York on April 15. Florida is set to hold the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville next month and has ordered schools to reopen five days a week.
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Shortly before Florida announced the new cases, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made the rounds on Sunday news talk shows, where she continued to press schools to reopen even as fresh evidence emerged that the United States was failing to control new waves of infection and death.
In an interview with CNNs State of the Union, DeVos said she would like to see closed schools be the exception rather than the norm. The goal needs to be that kids are learning, full-time, this fall, she said. Kids need to get back in the classroom.
DeVos added on Fox News Sunday that the Trump administration was looking at all the options for pulling federal funding from schools that dont open in the fall. American investment in education is a promise to students and their families, she said. If schools arent going to reopen they shouldnt get the funds.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/12/coronavirus-update-us/
Civics 101 - Congress alone authorizes funding and what it is to be spent on.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)to that. It would help if Fla had a governor smarter than the virus.
They kids in school? These people are criminals
Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)I retired here, and can testify that our governor is a Class A ignoramus, Trump-loving JERK.
Quemado
(1,262 posts)I retired in New Mexico. Our governor, Michelle Lujan-Grisham, is doing a much better job that the Trump clown in Baja Oklahoma.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Good one!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)They are scared shitless to go out.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)I'm not going anywhere until Biden gives the all clear.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,459 posts)No mandated mask order.
His video rant at the White House sure does reinforce the fact that he is a total MORON.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Auggie
(31,187 posts)Chainfire
(17,640 posts)is busy planning the reopening schools in a few weeks. Now that is leadership
IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)while parents go back to work.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Per USA Today article.
That's what some states saw in early April when they were only testing people clearly already sick!
As tests went up, rate went down, then mitigation dropped it more.
Yes, they're testing a lot, but 20% is pretty awful.
bagimin
(1,334 posts)according to the Sun-Sentinel 7/11/20.
MySideOfTown
(225 posts)<iframe width="1004" height="565" src="
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(30,613 posts)Jose Garcia
(2,605 posts)Florida adds another 12,624 cases of COVID-19
Florida announced another 12,624 cases of COVID-19 Monday, short of a record but continuing the high case totals that have made the state one of the world centers for the disease.
The number of people hospitalized for the disease continued to rise, going from 7,511 Sunday to 8,072 on Monday, according to the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration. Broward County reported a 30% increase in hospitalizations since Sunday.
The new case total fell short of the record-shattering 15,300 cases announced Sunday, a figure that generated headlines across the United States.
There were 35 additional deaths, according to the Florida Department of Health, which puts out daily reports on the COVID-19 situation. This was the lowest daily death count in more than a week, although death totals fluctuate from day to day, and the overall trend in deaths has been upward over the past two weeks.
More: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-florida-coronavirus-deaths-cases-monday-july-13-20200713-5h5o4pg7ynhetlluscf3sfpuau-story.html