Florida reports 70 additional deaths from COVID-19 and 5,556 new cases.
The total number of coronavirus cases so far is nearly 2.1 million. And at least 34,434 have died in Florida.
The seven-day average of new cases is slightly higher than during the previous week and 20% above two weeks ago. That’s according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and analyzed by NPR.
Florida is leading the country when it comes to variants of the coronavirus found through genomic surveillance.
The CDC reports 3,191 cases of the UK variant, which spreads more easily and is more likely to cause hospitalization and death.
And hospitalizations in Florida have ticked up slightly to 3,020.
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COVID-19 vaccinations in Lake County start with some confusion
Lake County is not sure when a second shipment of vaccines will arive
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – It was a busy New Year’s Eve day outside the Cooper Memorial Library in Clermont where people 65 or older waited in their cars to get their Covid-19 immunization shot.
The majority of people had made an appointment by phone but for others like 68-year-old Ken Wilde, the process has been frustrating.
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“I’ve been looking online at the Lake County Florida gov website and it says that starting tomorrow it’s available for walk-in but now I came up here to verify which location to go to but they say something completely different. So I have no option for tomorrow. I don’t know where to go,” Wilde said. “It’s very confusing cause online it says starting tomorrow it’s walk-ins only and yet here he said absolutely not it’s appointments only and you can’t make an appointment on th
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