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Coronavirus in Florida

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its second year, read the latest on the coronavirus, its variants and the vaccines as well as helpful tips from safety to economic relief and more.

U.S. total
Cases
64,671,933
Deaths
848,812
Florida total
Cases
4,992,265
Deaths
63,158

Last updated 5:57 p.m. Jan. 14. Florida totals are updated weekly on Fridays. State totals include in-state residents and non-residents who tested positive while visiting the state. Source: Johns Hopkins and Florida Department of Health

  1. Vaccines, then prior infection, offer best protection from COVID
    Yesterday• Health
    A 62-year-old nursing home resident receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York on Sept. 27, 2021. A study released on Wednesday that compares coronavirus protection from prior infection and vaccination in New York and California concludes getting the shots is still the safest way to prevent COVID-19.
  2. US begins offering 1 billion COVID tests, but many more needed
    Yesterday• Health
    A U.S. government website is displayed on a computer Wednesday in Walpole, Mass., that features a page where people can order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. The website, COVIDTests.gov, allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail.
  5. As omicron surges, effort to vaccinate young children stalls
    Yesterday• Health
    A six-year-old at her second appointment for the Pfizer covid vaccine on Dec. 30, 2021, in San Francisco, California. (SANTIAGO MEJIA / THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE VIA GETTY IMAGES)
  6. Biden to give away 400 million N95 masks starting next week
    Yesterday• Health
    Registered nurse Jessalynn Dest pulls on a new N95 mask Friday after leaving a COVID-19 patient room in the acute care unit of Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
  7. Consulate nursing homes are changing names. Are they changing ownership?
    Yesterday• Health
    Exterior photo of Radiant Health Care of Brandon, formerly Consulate Health pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 in Brandon.
  8. NHL to stop testing asymptomatic players post-All-Star break
    Yesterday• Lightning
    Seattle Kraken left wing Jared McCann takes off from center ice to shoot a penalty shot against the Chicago Blackhawks during a game Monday in Seattle. The NHL will stop testing asymptomatic players, coaches and staff who are fully vaccinated following the All-Star break in early February.
  9. Van Morrison reschedules shows at Clearwater’s Ruth Eckerd Hall
    Yesterday• Health
    Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and six-time Grammy winner Van Morrison performs at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater in 2017.
  10. White House soft-launches COVID-19 test request website
    Yesterday• Health
    Youngstown City Health Department worker Faith Terreri grabs two at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out during a distribution event on Dec. 30 in Youngstown, Ohio. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for those on their plans, the Biden administration announced Monday, as it looks to lower costs and make testing for the virus more convenient amid rising frustrations.
  11. Here’s how to navigate 2022 Children’s Gasparilla Parade in Tampa
    Yesterday• Kids & Family
    Young revelers yell for beads at the 2020 Children's Gasparilla parade in Tampa. The parade was canceled in 2021 because of COVID-19.
  12. U.S. faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say
    Yesterday• Health
    Respiratory therapist Frans Oudenaar, left, and registered nurse Bryan Hofilena cover the body of a COVID-19 patient with a sheet at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Dec. 14, 2021. The fast-moving omicron variant may cause less severe disease on average, but COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March.

Información acerca del coronavirus en español

¿El Covid-19 es ahora una gripe?
Yesterday• CENTRO
Una mujer se hace la prueba por síntomas de COVID-19 en Buenos Aires, Argentina. En medio de un repunte de contagios por la nueva variante Omicron de COVID 19, miles de vacacionistas en Argentina llenan las playas en uno de los veranos más calurosos de los últimos años. (Foto AP/Rodrigo Abd)
Omicron cambió lo que sabemos sobre COVID. Aquí le enseñamos cómo mantenerse a salvo
Jan. 13• CENTRO
Margarita Schneider, de 24 años, de Tampa, mira mientras espera en el sitio de prueba de Covid en Al Lopez Park, 4810 N Himes Ave, el viernes 7 de enero de 2022 en Tampa. El estado informa números récord de infecciones de Covid principalmente debido a la ola actual de la variante Omicron. Los sitios de prueba también han visto un repunte. Schneider, que estaba a la mitad de la fila, había estado esperando unos 35 minutos, dijo. “Me gusta que haya una línea. Significa que la gente está tomando precauciones”, dijo Schneider. “Quiero estar seguro y saber que estoy bien antes de ir a los clubes y antes de ver a mi familia este fin de semana”.
Pruebas caseras de COVID serán cubiertas por aseguradoras a partir del sábado
Jan. 11• CENTRO
A partir del sábado, las aseguradoras de salud privadas deberán cubrir hasta ocho pruebas caseras de COVID-19 por mes para aquellos en sus planes, anunció el lunes la administración de Biden, ya que busca reducir los costos y hacer que las pruebas del virus sean más convenientes en medio de las crecientes frustraciones. . (Foto AP/David Dermer, archivo)
Omicron fuera de control: más de 57,000 floridanos por día contraen COVID
Jan. 10• CENTRO
Florida representó una de cada 10 infecciones en los EE. UU. la semana pasada y tuvo la séptima tasa más alta de infección per cápita, según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades.
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