Hello and welcome to Monday.
The daily rundown Between Saturday and Sunday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 3,699 (nearly 0.2 percent), to 1,976,808; active hospitalizations went down by 176 (nearly 5.8 percent), to 2,868; deaths rose by 30, to 32,255; 4,204,186 Floridians have had at least one dose of a vaccine.
Bumpy New Florida Democratic Party chair Manny Diaz is running into some turbulence.
Into the mire The state executive committee spent up to two hours on Saturday debating how and whether to wade into a growing controversy over the Biden administration’s decision to reopen a migrant detention center in Homestead that had been used to house children. This is the same center that came under withering criticism by Democrats when the Trump administration was using it. Kamala Harris, who was as presidential candidate at the time, was among those who went to the center to lash out at Trump immigration policies.
The last vacation Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez took together began with an ominous delay: a medical emergency on the Grand Princess cruise ship they were set to board in San Francisco.
Cruise ship passengers recall deaths, confusion, quarantine
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press
March 15, 2021
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1of15This July 2019 photo provided by Miguel Gonzalez, shows Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez with their granddaughter, Caylie Gonzalez, in Alaska. They are suing Princess Cruises and owner Carnival Corp. for negligence and wrongful death one of dozens of lawsuits by passengers and surviving relatives. Lucio Gonzalez died of coronavirus.“They put him on a ventilator for three weeks and two days, and after that he died,” his widow said. “I never saw him alive again.” (Miguel Gonzalez via AP)APShow MoreShow Less
2of15This July 2019 photo provided by Miguel Gonzalez, shows Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez in Alaska. The Gonzalez family is suing Princess Cruises and owner Carnival Corp. for negligence and wrongful death one of dozens of lawsuits by passengers and surviving relatives. Lucio Gonzalez died of coronavirus.“They put him on
A year ago, the Grand Princess captured the world’s attention when it became clear the coronavirus pandemic had arrived on the shore of California, making the.