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The woman, 46, was taken to hospital after she emerged from the water with bites marks on her foot. Her injuries are not thought to be serious, according to reports.
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The daily rundown Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 7,788 (nearly 0.5 percent), to 1,721,377; deaths rose by 119 (nearly 0.5 percent), to 26,479; Since Thursday active hospitalizations went down by 464 (7 percent), to 6,101.
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New Smyrna Beach No. 1 for shark bites
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Great white sharks were involved in at least 16 unprovoked bites out of a total of 57 in 2020, including six of the year’s 10 deaths.
ORLANDO, Fla. Volusia County, but more so New Smyrna Beach, is yet again deemed the shark bite capital of the world, according the International Shark Attack File’s 2020 update.
The United States had 33 attacks in 2020, with the majority of course documented in Florida. There were 16 cases reported in the Sunshine State, with 50% of those documented in Volusia County. Most of those took place in New Smyrna Beach, said Captain Tamra Malphurs of Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue.
ORLANDO, Fla. Volusia County, but more so New Smyrna Beach, is yet again deemed the shark bite capital of the world, according the International Shark Attack File’s 2020 update. Other findings the report documented included global unprovoked shark attacks have decreased for the third year in a row. However, what could be the first shark-attack related fatality of 2021 has already been .