Florida records a thousand covid deaths in a week and a 151,000
Florida heath officials reported a record number of COVID-19 cases this week as Governor Ron DeSantis faces pushback to his ban of the mask mandate in schools.
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Florida records 1,071 COVID deaths in a week amid Delta variant surge in the state.
Florida has set a new record for weekly infections with 151,415 new COVID-19 cases over the past week, an average of 21,630 cases each day.
The state also recorded an additional 1,071 deaths, a daily average of 153, in the health department's weekly report.
These growing numbers come as the state set a record for COVID hospitalizations due to a massive surge as the Indian 'Delta' variant.