As the Delta variant continues to circulate in primarily unvaccinated communities, Florida recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day.
Miami herald It was reported on Saturday that there were 21,683 new cases of COVID-19 in Florida.This easily surpassed the state’s record of 19,334 people set on January 7th, which occurred in the month considered the worst of the pandemic in the United States.
Florida has always been regarded as the center of a new wave of novel coronavirus pandemics, stimulated by the highly virulent Delta variant. In recent days, the number of daily cases has been close to the highest level in history, with 17,093 cases on Thursday and 17,589 cases on Friday. The state’s average for the past week was 15,818 cases per day.
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according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Florida leads the United States in the number of new cases in the past 7 days, with more than 103,000 cases. This far surpasses larger states such as Texas (47,159) and California (35,464), which have also been hit hard by the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.
CDC’s Community Transmission Tracker also lists almost every county in Florida with “high” transmission levels, except for Glades County, which is classified as “highly” transmitted. According to its latest mask guidelines, the CDC recommends that the threshold for all vaccinated and unvaccinated residents to wear masks indoors is substantial.
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