Hello and welcome to Monday.
The daily rundown Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 3,699 (nearly 0.2 percent), to 1,976,808; active hospitalizations went down by 176 (nearly 5.8 percent), to 2,868; deaths rose by 30, to 32,255; 4,204,186 Floridians have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
Bumpy New Florida Democratic Party chair Manny Diaz is running into some turbulence.
Into the mire The state executive committee spent up to two hours on Saturday debating how and whether to wade into a growing controversy over the Biden administration’s decision to reopen a migrant detention center in Homestead that had been used to house children. This is the same center that came under withering criticism by Democrats when the Trump administration was using it. Kamala Harris, who was as presidential candidate at the time, was among those who went to the center to lash out at Trump immigration policies.
Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.15.21
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Imagine youâre in the Super Bowl, and you break free after recovering a fumble for an easy touchdown run. Youâre inches from the goal line and start celebrating a bit too early when a speedy wide receiver slaps the ball from your hand, causing another fumble and denying what should have been an easy score.
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Thereâs an analogy in here for Gov.
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DeSantisâ continued COVID-19 response. Despite some early fumbles, Florida has fared comparatively well and, despite all of the partisan hating against him, heâs been right plenty of times.
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The daily rundown Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 5,065 (0.2 percent), to 1,868,772; active hospitalizations went down by 53 (nearly 1.3 percent), to 4,160; deaths among Florida residents rose by 93 (0.3 percent), to 29,906; 2,693,953 Floridians have at least one dose of the vaccine.
It’s a small world The biggest stars of the conservative political world and the Trump movement will descend upon central Florida in the coming days, including former President and Florida man himself Donald Trump.
Florida men and women The detailed agenda for the Conservative Political Action Conference released late Sunday also shows that a long line of Florida GOP politicians will be in place as well: Rep. Byron Donalds will discuss criminal justice reform, Rep. Matt Gaetz gets not one but two speaking slots, while Sen. Rick Scott will discuss “unlocking our churches, our voices and social media accounts.” Rep. K
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The daily rundown Between Sunday and Monday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 5,737 (0.3 percent), to 1,783,720; active hospitalizations went down by 1 to 5,381; deaths rose by 119 (0.4 percent) to 27,815.
Vote for Tim Four years ago, the number of Florida voters who left their ballot blank or decided to write-in the names of candidates such as Beyonce or Tim Tebow soared during the presidential election that featured Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
This post will be updated today, Thursday, Dec. 17, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.
WLRN staff continues to add to community resource lists, including this article on where kids and families can get food while schools are closed, and this post about whether and where to get tested for coronavirus.
The dedicated website for the Florida Department of Health, including information about symptoms and numbers of cases, can be found here.
The dedicated website from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can be found here.
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