10,105 new cases, 30 more dead in Florida
Florida reported 10,105 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, pushing the pandemic total to 885,201.
The state also tallied another 30 deaths over the past 24 hours.
Altogether, 17,734 people have died from the coronavirus since the pandemic began, including 216 non-residents.
Most of the deaths happened in recent weeks but were just confirmed in the past day.
With cases on the rise across the nation, the country’s leading infectious disease expert warned the U.S. will need to apply public healthpolicy “uniformly” to curb the spread of the virus.
“We can’t abandon fundamental public health measures,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning’s “State of the Union.”
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stressed that it’s no time to ease up on maskwearing and social distancing during the upcoming holiday season.
Even with a vaccine, Fauci said it might not be until the second or third quarter of 2021 that Americans can expect to “start approaching a degree of normality.”
The number of patients hospitalized for the disease continues to climb. The spike indicates South Florida is likely experiencing the same surge that’s happening across the nation.
The U.S. had a record daily high of more than 184,000 new C OVID -19 cases on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Since the pandemic began ,51,900 residents have been hospitalized for the disease in Florida.
Statewide, 3,128 patients were hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms as of 9:46 a.m. Sunday, according to the Florida Agency on Healthcare Administration.
In Broward County, 294 patients were in the hospital on Sunday being treated for the virus. Two weeks ago, that number was at 238. In Miami-Dade County, 425 patients were hospitalized, compared to 316 on Nov. 1. And in Palm Beach County, 222 patients were in the hospital. Twoweeks ago, itwas 147.
The number of new cases and deaths reported daily by the state Department of Health also has been climbing over the past