Florida on Friday topped 400,000 COVID-19 cases, after adding 100,000 reported infections in just nine days. Only California and New York have had more confirmed cases during the coronavirus pandemic.
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — Florida on Friday topped 400,000 COVID-19 cases, after adding 100,000 reported infections in just nine days. Only California and New York have had more confirmed cases during the coronavirus pandemic, according to federal officials. The Florida Department of Health reported 12,444 more cases on Friday, for a grand total of 402,313. The state has reported an average of 10,724 cases per day over the past seven days, which is the biggest surge anywhere in the nation. This latest jump in reported infections comes a day after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced, “We’ve clearly stabilized with the cases.” Friday’s increase is the highest number in the past six days and is almost 2,200 more cases than Thursday’s 10,249 cases.
