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Coronavirus In Florida:
966 New Cases Reported Monday Morning
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida has reported an in- crease of 966 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours. It’s the first time since Tues- day that the state has re- ported fewer than 1,000 new cases in a day.
• Sunday: 1,180
• Saturday: 1,270
• Friday: 1,305
• Thursday: 1,419 (a
one-day high for the state)
• Wednesday: 1,317
There have been 12 new coronavirus-related deaths reported in the state over the past 24 hours, including four in Broward County, two in Miami-Dade and one in Palm Beach County.
The state is now up to 64,904 total cases and 2,712 deaths associated with COVID-19, according to the latest numbers released by the health department Mon- day morning.
Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease specialist at FIU, says the high daily case numbers aren’t surpris- ing considering the way peo- ple have come back closer together as the state has re- opened.
“We’re going to continue to see increases in cases as people continue to not follow the standard things that we have to follow to avoid trans- mitting the virus,” Marty told Local 10′s Michael Putney last week. “We’re no longer in lockdown. We’ve opened up our community.”
She added that, “I think people, we’ve gotten a little lackadaisical about this hor- rific virus that hasn’t gone away from the world or our communities.”
Over the past day, Miami-Dade County’s cases increased by 209 to 19,756. The county now has 767 deaths, the highest total in the state.
Broward’s cases in- creased by 120 to 7,924. The county’s death toll is now at 343.
Palm Beach County’s cases increased by 99 to 7,329, with the death toll now at 373.
Monroe County has 114 cases (an increase of three overnight) and four deaths.
Florida has con- firmed at least 11,008 coronavirus-related hos-
Maria Fernanda, left, and Meghan Peck work on contact tracing at the Florida Dept. of Health in Miami-Dade County last month. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
pitalizations since the start of the outbreak.
Gov. Ron DeSantis last week allowed all of the state except for Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties to begin Phase 2 of reopening. That phase in- cludes the opening of bars, pubs, movie theaters and concert halls at 50% capac- ity.
The governor highlighted a decrease in ICU hospital- izations and COVID-positive patients on ventilators in an- nouncing the move to Phase 2. He chalks up the increase in cases to more testing (the
percentage of positives among tests has declined) and outbreaks in COVID hotspots.
Statewide, Florida re- ports having completed over 1.2 million tests for COVID- 19, with 5.3% coming back positive.
Fears have arisen about
coronavirus spread in areas where large protests have been held, including South Florida. Many of those gath- erings in response to the death of George Floyd have taken place in cities where the virus is still circu- lating widely in the popula- tion.
FAMU Tampa Chapter Alumni Hosts ‘Showtime 2020: Stand Up And Be Counted’
Facebook Live event,
Hillsborough County commu- nity for more than 75 years in the pursuit of excellence for ac- ademics. In partnership with the University, The National Alumni Association has sup- ported programs for more than 115 years.
FAMU values diversity in thought, perspective, and cul- ture. The University enrolls nearly 10,000 students hailing from across the United States and more than 70 countries, including but not limited to, several African countries, Ba- hamas, Brazil, Indonesia, China, and the United Arab Emirates, to name a few. The student body includes repre- sentatives from all ethnic, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds.
On behalf of FAMU NAA Tampa Chapter, we pray that you remain safe through con- tinued use of a mask, hand- washing, and proper social distancing.
Please visit our website @ www.famualumnitampabay.or g for more information about the webinar and current events with the Tampa Chapter. (See advertisement in this edition.)
the possibility of greater
Thursday, June 18th
Florida A&M University National Alumni Association Tampa Chapter (FAMU NAA Tampa Chapter) is hosting an event via Facebook Live to ad- dress how to return resources and political power to the com- munity for the next 10 years. They are partnering with Stacy Abrams’ FairCount. org, Historically Black Col- leges/Universities (HBCU), and the community to discuss how to regain businesses, fi- nancial aid to colleges/univer- sities, political representation, and other resources.
A community only has once every 10 years to make this change and your voice is needed. It is a call-to-action webinar to address questions and misconceptions about completing the Census. The community cannot afford for you not to participate. The call-to-action webinar will be held on the eve of Juneteenth, June 18th from 6-7 p. m. via Facebook Live.
The FAMU NAA Tampa Chapter has served the Tampa
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