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LATEST LOCAL COVID-19 UPDATES

Your Coronavirus Update For Friday: Florida Coronavirus Infections Hit 1.9 Million
Florida added 5,975 new COVID-19 cases, according to figures released Friday. More than 1.9 million Floridians have now been infected with ...
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Your Coronavirus Update For Tuesday: Department of Health Reports 7,000 New Cases
Florida added about 7,075 new COVID-19 cases according to the latest figures released by the state department of health. That’s a ...
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DATA MAP: Track Florida Cases Of COVID-19 In Real Time
Researchers are releasing a map that shows COVID-19 cases by county across Florida ...
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DeSantis says first J&J shipments will be used for eligible law enforcement, and more
At an event in Winter Haven, 2,000 officers from Polk, Hardee, Highlands and Lake counties were getting shots ...
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Masjid Al Hayy Offers Vaccine Events Ahead of and In the Spirit of Ramadan: “We’re Open For Anyone To Come In”
Masjid Al Hayy was one of the first mosques in Central Florida to act as a vaccine site. ...
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Your Coronavirus Update For Friday: Florida Coronavirus Infections Hit 1.9 Million
Florida added 5,975 new COVID-19 cases, according to figures released Friday. More than 1.9 million Floridians have now been infected with coronavirus ...
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Congresswoman Demings at Valencia College West Vaccine Site: “We Need to Get as Many Shots in Arms as Possible”
Congresswoman Val Demings called for the Senate to pass the American Rescue Plan at the FEMA-run vaccination site at Valencia College West today. ...
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Got Questions About Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine? We Have Answers
The third COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the U.S. requires one shot instead of two, and works a slightly different way from the others ...
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USF To Fully Reopen This Fall
President Steven Currall announced on Wednesday that USF is planning to fully reopen its three campuses this fall ...
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Report details troubles of Florida’s unemployment system
The Florida agency that oversees unemployment benefits was besieged with bomb threats, shooting threats and coronavirus outbreaks in its offices at it tried to handle ...
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Florida governor faces growing claims of vaccine favoritism
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state health officials are coming under deeper scrutiny amid revelations that seniors in a wealthy enclave in Key Largo received ...
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Veterans Are The Latest Group in Central Florida to Have Vaccination Eligibility Expanded
Starting today, veterans of all ages can get vaccinated at the Orlando VA’s Orlando and Lake Baldwin sites as long as they receive care or ...
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Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Dr. Schneider Says Women In Underserved Communities Could Be Hardest Hit By Post-Pandemic Colon Cancer Diagnoses
A study by Epic Health Research Network found colonoscopies dropped by 86 percent from January through April last year. ...
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School employees, regardless of age, can get COVID-19 vaccine at FEMA site
Orange County Public Schools confirmed the eligibility there of “all K-12 school employees.” ...
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DeSantis predicts fewer than 50% of residents under 50 will get coronavirus vaccine
But inoculating younger residents will be essential to truly crushing the coronavirus ...
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