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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
41,906,703
Deaths
671,835
Florida total
Cases
3,485,163
Deaths
51,240

Last updated 5:28 p.m. Sept. 17. 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. Florida passes 51,000 COVID deaths as vaccination rate drops
    2 hours ago• Health
    Wenderson Cerisene, 7, right, and his sister Dorah, 9, wait to get tested for COVID-19 on Aug. 31, 2021 in North Miami as Florida schools saw a rise in cases forcing of students and teachers to quarantine. Florida has now surpassed 51,000 COVID-related deaths.
  2. U.S. panel backs Pfizer COVID boosters only for elderly, high-risk
    3 hours ago• Health
    Rufus Peoples receives his booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine during an Oakland County Health Department vaccination clinic at the Southfield Pavilion on Aug. 24 in Southfield, Michigan.
  5. Mease Countryside Hospital adds 100 new beds in $156 million expansion
    4 hours ago• Health
    Work is close to completion at the new four-story Bilheimer Tower at the Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor. The $156-million expansion and renovation project creates a more connected hospital campus adding roughly 100 private patient beds, a four-story parking garage and an an elevated pedestrian walkway.
  6. St. Petersburg to require COVID vaccinations for new city employees
    6 hours ago• St. Petersburg
    Mayor Rick Kriseman.
  7. FDA panel is first key test for Biden COVID-19 booster plan
    Yesterday• Health
    In this March 2, 2021 photo, pharmacy technician Hollie Maloney loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the Portland Expo in Portland, Maine. The Biden administration’s embattled plan to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans faced its first key hurdle Friday as a government advisory panel met to decide whether to recommend extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
  8. Military COVID-19 deaths continue to spike but no fatalities among fully vaccinated
    Yesterday• Health
    The Department of Defense can only compel troops to get the Pfizer vaccine because it's the only one so far to meet with approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
  9. Weezer, Twenty One Pilots, Bastille coming to Next Big Thing show in Tampa
    Yesterday• Music News
    Weezer will headline 97X Next Big Thing on Dec. 4 at Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre. The two-day alt-rock music festival was canceled in 2020 because COVID-19.
  10. Have tickets to a show in Tampa Bay? Better check COVID requirements.
    Yesterday• Entertainment
    Concert-goers had to adhere to new vaccination rules for a Maroon 5 concert in Ohio in August. When the band performs in Tampa Sept. 24, fans must bring a printed copy of a negative test result or proof of their COVID-19 vaccination.
  11. Pinellas considers $750 incentive for employees in vaccine push
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    Pinellas County Administrator Barry Burton speaks to Pinellas County commissioners.
  12. Biden: Nearly 3M get health coverage during COVID-19 sign-up
    Yesterday• Health
    The HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that 2.8 million consumers took advantage of a special six-month period to sign up for private health insurance coverage made more affordable by his COVID-19 relief law.

Información acerca del coronavirus en español

La FDA debatirá la inyección de refuerzo de la vacuna COVID-19 de Pfizer
Yesterday• CENTRO
Preparando una jeringa con la vacuna Pfizer COVID-19 en una clínica de Pensilvania. [MATT ROURKE | AP]
Coronavirus en escuelas sigue siendo tema delicado
Sep. 13• CENTRO
Estudiantes llegando a Skycrest Elementary School en Clearwater.
Vacunas son mandato federal en empresas de más de 100
Sep. 10• CENTRO
El presidente Joe Biden habla sobre la lucha contra la pandemia de coronavirus, en el Comedor Estatal de la Casa Blanca el jueves 9 de septiembre de 2021 en Washington, D.C ..
El Straz Center exigirá prueba de vacunación o de COVID negativa para ingresar
Sep. 8• CENTRO
David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, en el downtown de Tampa.
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