Florida reported more than 10,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases for the first time Thursday, a milestone that is six times higher than where the daily record stood less than a month ago.
The state also reported 67 deaths Thursday for the second time in a week, as the seven-day average for daily fatalities is now back over 40, a 30 percent increase from two weeks ago. The state’s death rate peaked at 60 per day in early May, but had declined to 30 by June 1 before it began creeping up two weeks ago as case numbers began spiking.
Since March 1, the state has seen more than 169,000 confirmed cases and 3,718 deaths. Before June 11, the state’s worst day for reported cases had been 1,601, set in mid-May. That number has been eclipsed every day for the last three weeks.
Remember when @GovWhitmer refused to give in to Trump’s demands to end to social distance restrictions in Michigan?
Michigan is now down to 250 new cases a day.
Meanwhile Florida is at around 8,000.
— Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) July 2, 2020
NEW: In Florida it gets worse: More than 7,000 kids have tested positive for coronavirus in Florida. 12 have MIS-C https://t.co/CnaHLmc64Q
— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) July 1, 2020
