Florida reported nearly 9,000 new coronavirus cases Friday, shattering its previous daily record and prompting Gov. Ron DeSantis to pull back on his full-speed-ahead economic reopening strategy
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Further complicating the picture, and Trump’s chances in Florida, is a coronavirus-driven implosion of the state’s economy. On the same day the record case count was announced, state economists said Florida revenues had missed estimates by more than $1.6 billion over the past two months. That state’s unemployment rate is 14.5 percent.“Really, nothing has changed this week,” DeSantis told reporters in Fort Myers on Friday.
During his remarks, DeSantis said the state has adequate hospital capacity. And he emphasized that the median age of people infected has fallen from the mid-60s to 34, an age at which the sick are less likely to have symptoms or be hospitalized.“Hospitalizations are increasing steadily,” said Jill Roberts of the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health. “Several hospitals are aware of this and are now discussing discontinuing elective surgeries for a while.
“Methods of control that were optional are clearly not working well with this age group and it is time for mandatory policies, especially those that require wearing masks in indoor environments,” she said in an email.that show that state mask requirements have helped slow the spread of infection.
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