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Rough rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t just a Florida problem Confusion, chaos plague other state rollouts, too Following a frustrating rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to seniors in Florida, Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone finds out if it's all that better in other states. and last updated 2021-01-06 10:04:44-05 Following a frustrating rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to seniors in Florida, Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone finds out if it's all that better in other states. Across Florida, county computers crashed and phone lines were a bust on day one of public sign-up for s...

In Hernando, a gated community gets some of the first coronavirus vaccine doses Some question why residents at the Wellington at Seven Hills will get about a third of the county’s initial doses.   Published Jan. 6 Updated Jan. 12 SPRING HILL — Spring Hill resident Sharon Swanson has repeatedly called the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County to schedule an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine. So far, she hasn’t gotten through. At 76, Swanson knows she is in a high-risk category for the disease, and she wants to be vaccinated as soon as possible. But Swanson said she...

Hundreds of revelers crowded Miami beaches and attended a hotel pool party on Saturday  Photos show almost all of the sun seekers failed to socially distance and did not wear face masks The crowds acted as if the COVID-19 pandemic had ended, when in actuality the crisis is worsening in the Sunshine State   Last week, Florida recorded its highest ever daily number of new coronavirus cases; there have been more than 31,000 new infections confirmed in the first two days of 2021  Miami-Dade County is the state's epicenter, with more than 5,000 new cases clocked on Saturday, taking the total n...

Florida starts 2021 with average of 15,759 coronavirus cases per day The Florida Department of Health did not release data on Friday because of the holiday. But on Saturday, it reported 31,518 new cases.     Updated Jan. 2 Florida is beginning 2021 the same way it ended 2020: With coronavirus cases surging at a record rate. The state announced Saturday 31,518 new cases of the coronavirus. The data is a two-day total, because the Florida Department of Health didn’t release data on Jan. 1. While the state did not differentiate case numbers by day, the total cases would equate to a da...

and last updated 2020-12-30 23:14:38-05 TAMPA, Fla. — Right now, the vaccination effort against COVID-19 is focusing on those 65 years and older across the state. The Florida Department of Health said all county health departments have received the vaccine. County health departments are each communicating their own plans for distribution. “As of this last week, individual counties across the state have begun to kind of do their own thing, and that’s not a bad thing,” said Jay Wolfson, a senior associate dean at USF’s Morsani College of Medicine. “Because whatâ€...