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Hello and welcome to Thursday.
The daily rundown Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 5,885 (nearly 0.3 percent), to 2,096,747; active hospitalizations increased 26 (nearly 0.9 percent), to 3,045; deaths of Florida residents rose by 42 (0.1 percent), to 33,822; 6,630,107 Floridians have received at least one dose of a vaccine.
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Good Thursday morning.
The daily rundown Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 7,537 (0.4 percent), to 1,798,280; active hospitalizations went down by 181 (3.4 percent), to 5,126; deaths rose by 160 (nearly 0.6 percent), to 28,208.
Stand and deliver To borrow a sports cliché that the former Yale University baseball team captain should understand: Bashing the media has now become one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ go-to pitches.
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Good Thursday morning.
The daily rundown: Between Tuesday and Wednesday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 11,541 (0.1 percent) to 1,155,335; active hospitalizations went up by 43 (0.8 percent), to 5,145; deaths rose by 122 (0.06 percent), to 20,204.
Good news, bad news After months of no action to soothe a nation left hanging amid a global pandemic, Congress appears ready to do something. There is, however, a catch for cash-strapped states, including Florida: The $900 billion deal being considered does not include direct state and local funding.