NBC-2 News by Gage Goulding 8:13 PM EST, Mon January 10, 2022 FORT MYERS, Fla. — Florida just reported its highest amount of COVID-19 cases in a single day ever. Nearly two years into the pandemic, the CDC reports 76,887 people tested positive on Thursday. With the way things are going, the University of Florida predicts …
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WINK News: Published: January 10, 2022 3:48 PM EST Attorney General Ashley Moody today issued a Consumer Alert warning Floridians about new and reemerging COVID-19 test scams as Omicron variant cases increase nationwide. With more and more people seeking tests, scammers may be exploiting this demand to steal personal, financial or medical information. There are …
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Press Release For Immediate Release: Friday, September 24th, 2021 Contact: Media Relations (404) 639-3286 CDC Statement on ACIP Booster Recommendations Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations and also recommended a booster dose for …
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LEE COUNTY Nomi Health began operating a COVID-19 testing site at CenturyLink Sports Complex Thursday, with full operations starting Friday. Many people went to the sports complex earlier in the pandemic to get tested for COVID-19. As demand went down, the site eventually closed. But that demand is rising once again, so a site has …
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FDA NEWS RELEASE Approval Signifies Key Achievement for Public Health Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The …
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COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to increase, especially in areas with higher levels of community transmission and lower vaccination coverage. Pediatric cases and hospitalizations have also increased in recent weeks. Rates of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations are lower in children of all ages compared to adults, but some children develop acute COVID-19 requiring hospitalization.1 In addition, some children who have had COVID-19 may later develop Multisystem Inflammatory …
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06/19/2020. Coronavirus cases are spiking across the country and experts say Florida has the makings of the next epicenter The head of the World Health Organization said the coronavirus pandemic is “accelerating” and that more than 150,000 cases were reported yesterday — the highest single-day number so far. In a media briefing on Friday, Tedros …
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Updated 9:33 PM EDT, Thu June 18, 2020 Florida shows signs as next coronavirus epicenter as cases spike across the country a://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/06/18/us/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html (CNN)Ten states saw a record number of new Covid-19 cases this week, and one of them could be the next epicenter of the national health crisis. Florida reported 3,207 additional coronavirus cases on …
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Governor DeSantis extended the Florida State of Emergency for another 60 days. Executive Order 20-213.
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*Reported since yesterday Testing Results Positive 626,426 Negative 4,047,712 Total 4,681,135 Positive Cases by Exposure Source Traveled 4,830 Contact with confirmed case 209,295 Travel & contact with confirmed case 5,117 Under Investigation 407,184 Total 626,426 Positive Cases by Testing Source Positive by DOH/CDC 22,412 Positive by private labs 604,014 Total 626,426
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