Florida News That Impacts You – May 14th, 2021
Bottom Line: Your daily recap of the some of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.
- Florida’s trend for new COVID-19 cases continued lower for a 23rd consecutive day on Thursday with 4,064 new cases reported by the Florida Department of Health. The total brought Florida’s weekly trend for cases below 3,500 daily for the first time since October 25th.
- 9.4+ million Floridians, or about 54% of Florida’s adult population, have now been vaccinated with at least a first dose of a vaccine with nearly 6.7 million who’ve completed a vaccine series.
- “To Go” alcohol sales will be allowed to continue for restaurants post-pandemic. Governor DeSantis signed the “to-go” bill into law yesterday. Under the new law, alcohol to go will be able to be sold in secure containers stored in areas of a vehicle not accessible to the driver.
- On back of the CDC’s revised mask guidelines for fully vaccinated people, Disney and Universal announced they’re dropping temperature checks at their Orlando theme parks starting Sunday.
- FPL has completed the next phase of its 2030 solar project to derive 20% of its power from solar. The solar project is largest in the country. FPL opened its fifth solar energy center in DeSoto County on Thursday. The Rodeo Solar Energy Center is comprised of nearly 285,000 solar panels, or enough to power about 15,000 homes. Approximately 5% of FPL’s energy supply is now derived from solar.
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