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Below is an unsavory selection of abridged headlines from the Miami Herald. This is not the news most Floridians would have expected to receive only a month ago.
Florida coronavirus cases near 1,500 as 55 more cases announced. Death toll rises to 20
The Florida Department of Health announced 55 additional positive COVID-19 cases on Tuesday evening, bringing the state total up to 1,467 cases, including a baby boy and a 2-year-old girl in Broward County, the state’s youngest cases.
Baby boy, 2-year-old girl test positive for coronavirus in Broward, officials say
A baby boy and a 2-year-old girl have tested positive for COVID-19 in Broward County, the Florida Department of Health announced Tuesday.
Miami-Dade orders 10-person limit on all public gatherings except on transit
Miami-Dade County residents are being urged not to gather in groups of 10 or more in public spaces, including sidewalks, streets, government buildings and alleyways.
Monroe County to close U.S. 1 to tourists into the Florida Keys due to COVID-19 concerns
Monroe County officials reversed themselves hours after they said they were not closing the only major highway into the Florida Keys as part of the effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Wave of claims swamps Florida’s unemployment agency. ‘It is impossible to get through’
A tsunami of the freshly unemployed has swamped the Florida office in charge of helping them process claims from layoffs caused by the expanding coronavirus crisis.
A 250-bed hospital going up on Miami-Dade’s Youth Fair grounds to help COVID-19 strain
Construction crews are assembling a 250-bed field hospital on Miami-Dade’s fairgrounds in Westchester as the county’s health system prepares for a surge of coronavirus cases.
Your typical Florida man is out there spreading coronavirus. Time for a lockdown | Opinion
People continue to be stupid and congregate, making the continuous transmission of the coronavirus in Florida all the more possible.
