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Pandemic began with 21,683 new cases saturday. if you look how florida is contributing to the number of cases around the country. 19.2% of all new covid cases reported in the u.s. are right here in florida. mainly south florida, also, we are experiencing similar numbers to what we saw back in january, really, at the height of the pandemic. florida also still just about 49% of the population here is fully vaccinated. so, is still aways to go. there's a lot of concern about schools reopening and what is happening to children under 12 who are not yet eligible for the vaccine. if you look at the n...

>> alarming is an understatement. where do i start? we are number one in hospitalizations in the u.s. we are number two in hospitalizations [ inaudible ] in the u.s. we are number one for admissions to critical care in broward county in the u.s. now we have broken our record at 21,683 new infections. the positivity rate above 50%. all told, florida is surging and our leadership is not helping us at all. our hospitals are getting overwhelmed. we're starting to shut down [ inaudible ] as a result of that and that impacts other issues like hard disease, like cancer, like colon cancer, so on and s...

>> they are still saying no restrictions and no mandates despite the surge that we are seeing in the state of florida in the last week more than 110,000 cases. the dayty average for new cases right now is 15,818. and jessica, just yesterday we set a record for the most new cases in a single day since the pandemic began here in the state of florida yesterday we saw 21,683 new cases. so 19% -- 19.2 % of all new cases in the country reported around the country last week are coming from here in the state of florida. mostly here in south florida. and right now florida is seeing the highest average ...