Florida is approaching half a million COVID-19 cases, amid concerns about the lack of help for the unemployed and complaints against the authorities for handling the crisis.
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As reported by the Florida Department of Health, the state on Tuesday reached 497,330 confirmed cases and 7,042 deaths from COVID-19, with the sum of 5,446 cases and 245 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.
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The number of daily deaths is the third highest since the start of the pandemic, but the number of new infections is far from the record of 15,300 reached in July, although it should be borne in mind that fewer COVID tests have been carried out in recent days. -19 due to Cyclone Isaias, which passed near the east coast of Florida on Sunday as a tropical storm.
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In Miami-Dade, the epicenter of COVID-19 in Florida, with 124,759 cases and 1,724 deaths since March 1, two special sites are scheduled to come into operation today that perform tests to detect antigens whose results are ready in just 15 minutes and to which people over 65 and those with symptoms of the disease can go.
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Florida authorities are trying to shorten the waiting period for test results, which has grown to two weeks.
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The delay in the delivery of the test results, the failure to make the use of face masks compulsory at the state level and the lack of an effective plan for tracing contagious contacts are some of the criticisms leveled at the state authorities of Florida for managing the pandemic, reported the EFE agency.
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