CORONAVIRUS LATEST: COVID-19 has killed more than 530,000 people worldwide. —Florida tops 200,000 total COVID cases as positivity rate increases —1st LAPD employee dies of COVID —Star pitcher says he won't play in 2020 MLB season
Florida tops 200,000 total COVID cases as positivity rate increases.
While the LAPD, the third-largest police force in the U.S., has only seen one death, the largest in the country, the New York Police Department, has lost 46 employees to COVID.Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher David Price said in a tweet Saturday afternoon that he will not play in the shortened 2020 MLB season due to concerns over COVID-19.
He's not the only top player to either sit out or debate sitting out the season. Angels outfielder Mike Trout, arguably the top player in MLB, said on Friday heTeam summer camps began on Friday and MLB will open the 60-game season on July 23.Texas reported 8,238 cases in the last day, another new daily record for the state. Since June 23, when cases crossed 5,000 for the first time, the state has set a new daily case record six times.
The increase in cases has caused Texas to close beaches in some locations for the Fourth of July, such as in Galveston, and shut down bars statewide.Segrià, located in Catalonia, the northeast region of Spain, will be under a strict new lockdown Saturday after an increase in new COVID-19 cases, Catalan regional president Quim Torra announced Saturday.
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