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Florida Sets New Single-Day Record with 15,300 New Cases Overnight

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July 12, 2020

By Robert Burns

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A new record breaking spike in Covid-19 cases for Sunday.

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The new record of 15,300 shattered the previous record by nearly 40% bringing Florida to a total of 269,811 cases of Covid-19.

45 more deaths were reported this morning as well bringing the total to 4,242.

43,320 cases are in Central Florida alone.

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Brevard County has 3,237 cases and 28 deaths.

Many Central Florida ICU’s are at capacity with others at 90% capacity.

ICU beds available in Brevard County Hospitals (source:https://bi.ahca.myflorida.com/t/ABICC/views/Public/ICUBedsCounty?fbclid=IwAR3Y5JoThrxj4InbqW8MxFu_6iKEKrbgBJkcXZa8dUOEXpNFHzaTdp37z2U&:isGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&:embed=y)

This information comes on the heels of discussions of mandatory school reopening.

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