Florida reached its daily record of COVID-19 cases after contagion reports that register more than 31,700 new infections in one day, according to figures reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, for its acronym in English).
The 31,758 new cases reported bring Florida’s total to more than 3,864,288 since the pandemic began in March of last year. It is also the highest number of cases reported by the state in a single day and exceeds what was reported on August 26 when the state had 27,668 cases in a single day.
Florida’s cases have skyrocketed in recent days, averaging more than 14,600 in the past seven days, after the 7-day average would have been fewer than 2,000 cases as recently as Dec. 9.
The numbers have been rising to levels not seen since the rebound in the pandemic last summer. Since then, cases have risen steadily to numbers not seen since the Delta variant surge last summer.
Experts say the increase in cases is due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant. Testing has also increased in the last few days before the holidays.
The death toll related to COVID-19 in Florida was 62,347 as of Wednesday. It often takes days or weeks to report coronavirus-related deaths.
FREE TRIALS IN LIBRARIES
Varias bibliotecas en el condado de Miami-Dade abrieron sus puertas este viernes para permitir a los residentes recoger un kit de prueba rápida de COVID-19 que le permite realizarse el test en la comodidad de su casa.
Los residentes y visitantes hicieron fila en cinco ubicaciones ubicadas en todo el condado horas antes de que las puertas se abrieran a las 8:30 a.m. En la Biblioteca Regional de Westchester, los primeros 1,500 kits se distribuyeron en menos de 30 minutos.
La policía de Miami-Dade se vio obligada a organizar a los conductores que quedaron atónitos y frustrados por la rapidez con que se distribuyeron las pruebas gratis, ello generó que otros 1.500 kits llegaron más tarde este propio viernes por la mañana, pero también se entregaron rápidamente.
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