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Florida accounted for a fifth of the nation’s new infections last week, more than any other state, according to the CDC.
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ORLANDO The mayor of the county that hosts Florida’s theme park mecca said Monday that “we are now in crisis mode” when it comes to dealing with soaring numbers of covid-19 infections.
Florida accounted for a fifth of the nation’s new infections last week, more than any other state, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now the home to Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort is seeing about 1,000 new cases a day, said Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings.
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The intensive care unit leader and pulmonologist at one public hospital said COVID patients are averaging between 30 and 50 years old, many of them healthy and without conditions such as obesity or diabetes.
By Ben ConarckMiami Herald (Tribune News Service)
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People wait in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA vaccination center at Miami Dade College last month in Miami. Lynne Sladky/Associated Press
MIAMI As state and local officials drop mandates on COVID-19 restrictions, the virus continues to circulate throughout Florida, sending increasingly younger people to the hospital at rates that are among the highest in the country.