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Verónica Zaragovia
Fewer people were vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus in South Florida over the past week than the week before. Meantime, infections continue growing and the death toll keeps climbing. This has been a week of falling vaccinations and rising infections.
GRAEME ROBERTSON AP
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The Miami Herald
JOSE A IGLESIAS JIGLESIAS@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
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The Miami Herald
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