Florida

For a moment in April, the Internet tried to cancel Florida. Photos showing crowds flocking to Jacksonville Beach amid the pandemic sent the hashtag #FloridaMorons trending on Twitter. The media spun scenes of ignorant spring breakers endangering themselves and others. Here was Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, joining neighboring state Georgia’s “experiment in human sacrifice,” as…

Florida’s surgeon general has acknowledged that a syndrome that attacks children and is associated with COVID-19 has surfaced in Florida, adding a scary new dimension to the battle against the coronavirus in the state.Surgeon General Scott Rivkees encouraged physicians and hospitals to make sure they report any suspected cases of what is known as a…

After five consecutive weeks of at least 300 reported deaths, fatalities from Sunday to Sunday dropped to 252, according to the Florida Department of Health. While the overall state death toll sits just shy of 2,000, the drop in weekly deaths mirrors what had already been several weeks of lower statewide positive COVID-19 test results.…

The latest coronavirus report from the Florida Department of Health added another 72 fatalities to raise the state death toll to 1,471. As Florida and other states across the U.S. began their first steps toward reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, one model used by the Trump administration severely shifted its projected deaths for both the…

Dan DeLuca, Fort Myers News-Press Published 6:14 a.m. ET May 4, 2020 | Updated 11:19 a.m. ET May 4, 2020 To provide our community with important public safety information, our newsroom is making stories related to the coronavirus free to read. To support important local journalism like this, please consider becoming a digital subscriber. We'll…