The state has been seeing a dramatic surge in cases, with the seven-day average increasing to more than 36,400 new cases.
Florida has seen record-breaking COVID-19 numbers this week, with Miami-Dade County reporting that an average of one in four people is testing positive for the virus. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) data shows the state broke its record of the highest number of cases in a day Thursday with 77,848 cases reported. However, the report clarified that some of the cases were from previous days but backdated by the state. Regardless, the state has been seeing a dramatic surge in cases, with the seven-day average increasing to more than 36,400 new cases. In Miami-Dade County specifically, seven-day averages of new cases have increased from about 284 near the beginning of December to about 7,491 as of December 28, according to USA Facts.
