Florida News that impacts you – March 29th, 2021
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- Florida’s recent increased trend for new COVID-19 cases continued through the weekend. Florida’s daily trend for new cases over the past week has risen from 4,500 cases to 5,100.
- Over 5.6 million Floridians have now been vaccinated with at least a first dose of a COVID vaccine. This now includes nearly 3.1 million Floridians who’ve completed the vaccine schedule. Related...
- Starting today Floridians 40 and older are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination in Florida. The drop in age eligibility from 50 to 40 enables an additional 2.5 million Floridians to seek a vaccine. Miami-Dade is now preregistering residents 18 and older for vaccinations next week. Speaking of which...
- While all Floridians 18 and older will be eligible for a vaccine next Monday, April 5th, Floridians 16 and older will be eligible at the federal run facilities administering the Pfizer vaccine.
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