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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
34,079,069
Deaths
609,018
Florida total
Cases
2,406,809
Deaths
38,388

Last updated 10 p.m. July 18. The U.S. and Florida totals are updated 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. ‘Unvaccinated folks ... are letting us down’: Republicans ramp up vaccine push
    55 minutes ago• Health
    House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., joined by House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., left, and members of the GOP Doctors Caucus, speaks during a news conference about the Delta variant of COVID-19 and the origin of the virus, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2021.
  2. As COVID cases climb, experts question Florida’s pandemic data
    1 hour ago• Health
    Jennifer Loyless, holds her daughter, Avery, 12, as she prepares to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile site in West Palm Beach on May 14.
  5. Tampa General hopes COVID antibody treatment can ease burden on ICU as cases soar
    Yesterday• Health
    Jahnitza Debbs, 22, has her vitals checked by Tiffany Vasey, a nurse practitioner with TeamHealth, before receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 at Tampa General Hospital’s Global Emerging Diseases Institute on July 22.
  6. Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium
    Yesterday• Sports
    The Olympic flame burns during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics Friday in Tokyo.
  7. Should vaccinated people mask up with COVID-19 cases rising?
    Yesterday• Health
  8. Hillsborough, Pinellas residents can now get vaccinated at home
    Jul. 21• Health
    First lady Jill Biden talks with Dequitia Parker while she receives a COVID-19 vaccination by Nurse Lydia Passmore during a June 24 vaccination event Amalie Arena in Tampa.
  9. COVID causes largest decline in U.S. life expectancy since World War II
    Jul. 21• Health
    In this March 27, 2020 photo, William Samuels delivers caskets to the Gerard Neufeld Funeral Home during the coronavirus pandemic in the Queens borough of New York. A report by the National Center for Health Statistics released Wednesday found that average life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering 1.5 years during 2020, a year when the coronavirus claimed more than 377,000 lives.
  10. Olympics may still be canceled, head Tokyo organizer says
    Jul. 21• Sports
    Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, pictured at left in this May file photo, left the door open on canceling the games the during a news conference Tuesday.
  11. Tampa’s Gasparilla parades will sail on in 2022
    Jul. 20• Kids & Family
    Smoke billows off the Jose Gasparilla pirate ship as it carries members of Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla along Seddon Channel for the 2020 parade in Tampa. After canceling Tampa’s signature event this year because of COVID-19 concerns, the Gasparilla parades will sail on in January of 2022, with advance tickets going on sale this week.
  12. Fauci: Pediatricians want kids wearing masks in school
    Jul. 20• Health
    Anthony Fauci, shown speaking in May 2021.

Información acerca del coronavirus en español

¿Deben las personas vacunadas usar máscara ante el aumento de los casos de COVID-19 ?
Yesterday• CENTRO
Esther Bowen, y su hija, Ambar Candanedo, de Miami, recoge unos pañuelos para su hija en Sans Market, el viernes 11 de junio de 2021 en St Petersburg. Todos los empleados y clientes siguen estando obligados a usar máscara en el negocio.
Florida no comparte qué hogares de ancianos tienen COVID-19 a medida que aumentan los casos
Yesterday• CENTRO
Los residentes miran la calle a través de una ventana en el hogar de ancianos Icaria en Barcelona, España, el 25 de noviembre de 2020. La imagen fue parte de una serie del fotógrafo de Associated Press Emilio Morenatti que ganó el Premio Pulitzer 2021 por fotografía de largometraje. (Foto AP / Emilio Morenatti)
Ciudadanos estadounidenses vacunados pueden ingresar a Canadá desde el 9 de agosto, el resto del mundo el 7 de septiembre
Jul. 20• CENTRO
Podrán ingresar a Canadá a partir del 9 de agosto los ciudadanos estadounidenses completamente vacunados.
La FDA agrega una advertencia sobre una rara reacción a la vacuna J&J contra el coronavirus
Jul. 13• CENTRO
Los funcionarios de salud de EEUU dicen que la vacuna COVID-19 de Johnson & Johnson puede presentar un "pequeño riesgo posible" de una reacción neurológica potencialmente peligrosa. Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades dijeron el lunes 12 de julio que habían recibido informes de que 100 personas que recibieron la vacuna desarrollaron un trastorno del sistema inmunológico que puede causar debilidad muscular y ocasionalmente parálisis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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