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Coronavirus Live Updates: Florida COVID-19 Cases Increase To Almost 370,000, Deaths Increase By 134

ELAINE THOMPSON
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AP VIA THE MIAMI HERALD
A health worker displays the packaged nasopharyngeal swab, which goes about two inches into the nasal cavity, used on patients at a drive thru COVID 19 testing station.

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Florida COVID-19 Cases Increase To Almost 370,000, Deaths Increase By 134

Updated Tuesday at 11:00 a.m.

The Florida Department of Health confirmed an additional 9,440 cases on Tuesday. The state has a total of 369,834 confirmed positive cases, according to the state's health department.

Tuesday's update included 134 new deaths, bringing the total statewide number to 5,206. Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County make up 2,543 of the reported deaths. Monroe County has 6 reported deaths due to COVID-19.

- WLRN News

DeSantis Seeks To Boost Plasma Treatment

Updated Tuesday at 6:15 a.m.

Gov. Ron DeSantis put out a call Monday for people who have had COVID-19 to donate blood, as the state topped 5,000 deaths of Florida residents due to the pandemic.

“One of the treatments that many physicians around the state believe is very effective is the use of convalescent plasma,” DeSantis said Monday while at the Orlando headquarters of OneBlood, a blood-donation agency.

"This is blood that's donated from somebody who has cleared the COVID-19 disease,” DeSantis continued. “It has the antibodies, and that is then used on a patient who is sick in the hospital. And what they find is, as well as with some of the other treatments, the earlier you do it the more effective you will be.”

The governor’s appearance was interrupted by a group of protesters who accused DeSantis of mishandling the pandemic and covering up COVID-19 data. Shouts of “Shame on you” and "You're lying to the public" continued to be heard from outside, where the protesters occasionally banged on the windows.

“We will not be defunding the police,” DeSantis said once the protesters were moved outside. “So, don't worry about that. We're going to be supporting our men and women in law enforcement.”

On Monday, the state Department of Health reported 90 new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number of Floridians who have died from the virus to 5,072. The state also reported 10,347 new cases. People between the ages of 25 and 34 accounted for 1,847 of the new cases, the largest increase among age groups.

- News Service of Florida

 

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