Jun. 1 The Florida Department of Health on Tuesday announced 5,937 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Memorial Day weekend. The state also announced 97 new deaths. Of those who died, 95 were residents. The count includes cases and deaths that Florida would have normally reported Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The state has recorded a known total of 2,326,755 coronavirus cases and 37,609 .
Florida News That Impacts You – June 2nd, 2021
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Florida’s trend for new COVID-19 cases is nearly the lowest in a year. After only 1,253 new cases were reported by the Florida Department of Health on Tuesday, Florida’s weekly trend for cases stands at 1,849 per day. That’s the lowest since June 15th.
Over 10.3 million Floridians, including about 56% of adults, have now been vaccinated with at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. 8.3 million have now completed a vaccine series.
Contact 5 took an in-depth look at the timeline of events surrounding the toxin and talked to one expert who says the city needs a better early-warning system.
Florida COVID update for Wednesday: 1,234 cases, 56 deaths, lower positivity rate Howard Cohen, The Miami Herald
Jun. 2 The Florida Department of Health on Wednesday announced 1,234 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. The state also announced 56 new deaths. Of those who died, 55 were residents.
The state has recorded a known total of 2,327,989 coronavirus cases and 37,665 deaths. Among those who died, 36,924 were residents and 741 were nonresidents.
The state s percent positivity decreased from 3.89% to 3.33%.
More than 8.3 million Floridians have completed the two-dose series of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna or have completed Johnson & Johnson s single-dose vaccine, according to Wednesday s vaccine report.
COVID-19 in Florida Miami-Dade County reported 216 new cases and 17 new deaths, putting its pandemic totals at 501,639 cases and 6,457 deaths.