More than 77,000 cases were logged just in the last seven days, according to the Florida Department of Health.
“Going back and bunkering in place doesn’t remove” the virus,Stitt's admission came on the same day that Oklahoma logged a single-day high 993 new coronavirus cases, the NBC News figures show. So far that state has reported a total of 428 deaths and 21,738 confirmed infections.
In a televised address to the state, Gov. Mike DeWine warned that if Ohio does not act now"Florida and Arizona will be our future." Until now, DeWine had stopped short of issuing a state-wide mask-wearing directive, fearing push back from the GOP majority in the legislature that had resisted his moves to curb coronavirus by closing down Ohio.
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