Florida Breaks Single-Day COVID-19 Record With 75,900 Cases

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — On Friday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported much than 75,900 caller cases of COVID-19 successful Florida.

That tally raises the 7-day mean regular to 42,600, which is doubly arsenic precocious arsenic it was astatine the highest of this summer’s surge erstwhile the delta variant fueled a surge of infections successful the state.

Friday’s study marks a single-day grounds for the fig of caller cases successful Florida. It breaks the grounds acceptable a time earlier erstwhile much than 58,000 cases were reported successful the state.

The omicron variant of the coronavirus has spiked successful Florida and crossed the federation implicit the past fewer weeks.

The spiking numbers during the vacation play person sent tens of thousands of radical to COVID-19 investigating centers crossed Florida, resulting successful agelong lines successful galore areas.

In Tampa connected Friday morning, 3 radical collapsed portion waiting successful enactment astatine a investigating site.

Authorities received 3 aesculapian calls astatine the Al Lopez Park investigating site, according to Lauren Rozyla, a spokeswoman for the metropolis of Tampa. She said 1 idiosyncratic near earlier medics arrived, but 2 women successful their 60s, some with a past of humor unit issued, fainted portion lasting successful line.

Tampa Fire Rescue Chief Barbara Tripp asked those coming to the tract for investigating to beryllium diligent and expect agelong lines.

Later Friday morning, the Tampa Parks and Recreation Department began providing radical waiting successful enactment with h2o and ice, Rozyla said.

The parking batch astatine the tract holds conscionable implicit 400 cars and it was filled to capableness earlier investigating began astatine 7 a.m., Rozyla said.

The metropolis estimates betwixt 3,000 and 5,000 radical are being tested per time astatine the site.

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