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The daily rundown Between Wednesday and Thursday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 11,335 (1 percent), to 1,094,697; active hospitalizations went down by 11 (0.2 percent), to 4,548; deaths rose by 129 (0.6 percent), to 19,591.
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The more than 20 minutes of video released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows officers knocking on Rebekah Jones door multiple times and attempting to call her before serving a search warrant Monday morning. Jones, who has not been charged with any crime for the message, said Thursday that she, her husband and two children were asleep when the officers arrived. Jones helped create the state s dashboard of coronavirus data. She was fired from her post in May after she raised questions about the data.
"Unless the hacker is hacking into a military installation and they are a terrorist group, you didn't need that show of force," one expert said.