Florida reports 12,478 coronavirus cases, 89 deaths

[Zorro]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

The daily update brings the total number of cases in Florida to 350,047 since the first cases were made public March 1.

Another 12,478 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and 89 deaths were attributed to the virus, the Florida Department of Health reported Sunday.

The daily update brings the total number of cases in Florida to 350,047 since the first cases were made public March 1. The statewide death toll as of Sunday was 5,091.

The seven counties that make up the Tampa Bay region account for just over 60,000 of the cases and 950 deaths.

On Sunday, Hillsborough County added 603 cases to its total, now at 23,706. There have been 238 coronavirus-related deaths reported in the county, one in Sunday’s report.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/07/19/florida-reports-12478-coronavirus-cases-89-deaths/

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The graphs accompanying the story look ominous.

[Champp]

1. This is ALL on the Republicans

They are to blame, and voters know it.

[TomCADem]

4. Florida Governor Ron Desantis Says It 'Doesn't Make Sense' To Close Gyms

I think Florida's Governor thinks that if you are really swole and cut, you cannot get COVID-19.

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/07/18/florida-governor-ron-desantis-says-it-doesnt-make-sense-to-close-gyms/

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he is not closing gyms because he thinks people who go to them are “even less at risk for the coronavirus” because they are staying healthy and working out.

“I think taking that option away for people to be healthy just doesn’t make sense,” the Republican governor said during a news conference in Apopka.

“I think most people who are going to the gyms are in the low-risk groups, and I think what they are doing is making them even less at risk of the coronavirus. So, I don’t think it would make sense to close them.”

The governor’s comment came after a reporter asked him about an unpublished document prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force that recommended Florida and 17 other states in “red zones” should roll back reopening measures amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.

[Iliyah]

2. The numbers are probably much higher . .

[TomCADem]

3. Trump & Fox News' Premature Coronavirus Celebration

I thought Trump and Fox News were promoting Desantis as the model of how to open quickly and safely?