Florida News that impacts you – March 2nd, 2021
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.
- The 1,700 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Florida Department of Health on Monday was the lowest total of new cases since June 9th of last year. Additionally, the weekly trend of daily cases has broken below 5,500 cases - the lowest since November 13th. However...
- Florida ended February with yet another decline in COVID vaccinations. Fewer than 8,000 total vaccinations took place on Sunday - the lowest since New Year’s Day as Florida has continued to struggle with obtaining new first dose vaccine supplies. Governor DeSantis said Florida is scheduled to receive 175,000 doses of the just approved one-dose J&J vaccine this week. Related...
- DeSantis officially expanded vaccine eligibility in Florida for all school employees, law enforcement professionals and firefighters who are 50 and older.
- Today’s the start of the 2021 State Session and Governor DeSantis will officially kick off the session with his third state of the state speech at 11:00 this morning.
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