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The country is starting to recover from a summer surge, but public health officials say the pandemic remains a potent threat. New Zealand is aiming to vaccinate up to 350,000 people in a day.

Researchers at the University of South Florida say Florida has reached about 80% immunity and is closer than ever to herd immunity.

The antibody treatment is effective, preventing at least 70 percent of hospitalizations in those who test positive, but it isn't the sole reason for the decline

Orange County reached its COVD-19 vaccine goal on Friday, according to the latest report from the Florida Department of Health.

As Florida inches closer to the peak of the latest surge of infections and herd immunity against COVID-19, the state is still averaging 21,000 coronavirus cases daily.

The vaccines are expected to help put the world on track to a sense of normal again and push COVID-19 into the background, but plenty of people want to know exactly when the pandemic will end.

Dr Edwin Michael of USF said his models predict that Florida will see its peak of COVID-19 infections on August 24 and record a high of 23,000 before cases start to decline.

Mathematical modelers forecasting the trajectory of Florida's COVID-19 surge predict the highest number of single day totals to hit early September.

Florida may face its worst wave ever as the Delta variant spreads. A healthcare worker prepared to conduct Covid-19 tests at a mobile testing site in Palmetto, Fla., on Monday.Credit...Octavio Jones/Reuters Aug. 2, 2021 As the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus rips through the unvaccinated population in the United States, Florida is heading toward its worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic. The state is still about one month away from its peak, according to an epidemiologist ...

‘We could see as many as 6,000 cases a day’: Scientists chart future of COVID in Tampa Bay area "People are not taking up the vaccines, and therefore what that has done is left a lot of people susceptible," Dr. Edwin Michael said. Author: Emerald Morrow Updated: 3:08 AM EDT August 3, 2021 TAMPA, Fla. — Scientists and data modelers tracking COVID-19 cases in the Tampa Bay area predict between 4,300 and 6,000 cases per day by the end of August, beginning of S...