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Florida hits milestone mark for COVID cases
Marilyn Parker, Reporter
Published: January 16, 2022, 10:31 PM
Updated: January 16, 2022, 11:24 PM
Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus
The Center for Disease Control said Florida hit 5 million total COVID-19 cases this weekend, making it the third-highest state in the country for cases.
Data from the CDC shows the state hit four million cases less than three weeks ago.
It took more than four months to go from 3 million to 4 million cases, hinting at a very infectious virus.
It’s nothing to brag about.
“The seven-day average in the state of Florida is close to 60,000 people a day being diagnosed with COVID,” said Dr. Jonathan Kantor, Epidemiologist.
Florida is now the third state to reach more than 5 million COVID-19 cases during the pandemic.
“For context, keep in mind that, you know, prior to the Delta surge early last summer, we were probably looking at, you know, between 1,000 to 2,000 cases a day,” Kantor said. “So, you’re talking, you’re talking about, you know, a 30-fold or up to a 60-fold increase over that.”
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