Four hospitals in the Tampa area were at full capacity in the Intensive Care Unit over the weekend, as the number of coronavirus cases in Florida continued to rise. Palms of Pasadena Hospital, St. Petersburg General Hospital, Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater and AdventHealth North Pinellas in Tarpon Springs had …
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Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez (R) blamed county residents for “leaving[ting] let your guard down ”since the state began reopening for Florida to become a recent entry point for the coronavirus. “My residents also let their guard down in late May, early June, and I also think some of the …
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City mayors who saw massive spikes in coronavirus cases on Sunday rejected optimistic projections about the pandemic, saying that mixed messages at different levels of government led to confusion among residents, many of whom began to believe that the crisis was over and it was safe to return to pre-pandemic …
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Democrats are increasingly concerned that the country has lost the fight against the new coronavirus. For months, beginning in March, public health officials promoted, and local policy makers imposed, strict stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines that seemed to contain the spread of COVID-19. But in the past two weeks, …
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Miami-Dade County in Florida is imposing a curfew for the July 4 weekend to try to avoid exacerbating the state’s coronavirus outbreak. The curfew, which begins Friday night at 10 pm and lasts until 6 am, will be implemented “until further notice,” said Carolos Giménez, the county mayor. “During curfew …
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