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Florida Adds More Than 4,426 New Cases, 125 New Resident Deaths
Updated Wednesday at noon
Florida’s Department of Health confirmed an additional 4,426 positive cases of COVID-19 Tuesday. The state has a total of 1,952,733 confirmed positive cases, according to the state's health department.
Tuesday's update also included the announcement of 125 new resident deaths, increasing the statewide number of Floridians who died to 31,889. Factoring in non-resident deaths the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is 32,481.
Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties make up 10,619 of those reported deaths. Monroe County has reported 46 deaths due to COVID-19.
— WLRN News
The COVID Relief Bill Has About $1B For Miami-Dade. How Much Help Will Your City Get?
Updated Tuesday at 9:36 a.m.
Local governments across Miami-Dade County stand to receive hundreds of millions of dollars from the COVID-19 relief bill nearing passage in Washington, legislation that provides far more money for cities than the CARES Act did last spring.
A Congressional summary from late February estimates Miami-Dade County and its 34 cities would receive about $1 billion from the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill expected to win final passage this weekand be signed into law by President Biden.
Miami-Dade’s county government would get about half of the money, at roughly $530 million. That’s more than what the county received after the CARES Act passed in March 2020 under then-President Donald Trump. The $474 million that went to County Hall a year ago was the only government aid distributed to Miami-Dade, and from that money county commissioners approved about $108 million in city grants.
— By Douglas Hanks, Joey Flechas and Aaron Leibowitz / The Miami Herald
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Publix’s Next Vaccine Sign-Up Will Prioritize Teachers And Child Care Workers
Updated Tuesday at 6:10 a.m
Teachers will now get priority for the COVID-19 vaccine, and they’ll get a choice of vaccines, too, depending which day they choose to sign up, Publix announced Monday.
The priority to the front of the line, which includes bus drivers, school staff and child care workers, will start with Wednesday’s 7 a.m. sign-up at publix.com/covidvaccine.
Publix is taking direction from the federal government, which oversees the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
— By Lisa J. Huriash / The South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Defense Lawyers Tried To Ban Masks At Miami’s First In-Person Felony Trial In COVID Era
Updated Tuesday at 6:06 a.m
Jury selection got underway Monday in Miami-Dade’s first felony trial in the COVID-19 era, but not without a twist: The Public Defender’s Office asked to ban the “unnecessary use of masks” in the courtroom.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Miguel de la O denied the motion without argument on Monday morning.
The request was nonetheless a surprising one given that court officials had worked for months with lawyers, including the Public Defender’s Office, and medical experts to arrange guidelines to ensure a safe trial at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building in Miami.
— By David Ovalle / The Miami Herald
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