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Your Monday Coronavirus Update: Florida Adds 1,685 New Cases; US Death Toll Nears 200,000

Photo: CDC @cdc
Photo: CDC @cdc



Florida Adds Fewer Than 2,000 New Cases; US Death Toll Nears 200,000

Matthew Peddie, WMFE

Florida recorded fewer than two thousand new coronavirus cases Monday, as the US death toll from COVID-19 nears two hundred thousand. 

The state department of health added 1,685 new cases, pushing the cumulative count to 685,439. 

Twenty-one new deaths were reported. Florida's death toll from COVID-19 is 13,480. 

The US death toll is 199,531. 

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Orange County Leaders Say They Can’t Support Traditional Halloween Celebrations This Year

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