Florida surpassed 1.5 million confirmed instances of COVID-19 when approximately 15,000 new instances have been recognized Tuesday, in line with the state Division of Well being.
Total, the Sunshine State seems to be third in the nation for many instances of COVID-19 reported so far, California and Texas, the 2 most populous states, are first and second respectively.
Moreover, there have been 156 new deaths in Florida from COVID-19, which introduced the state’s complete variety of coronavirus-related deaths to 23,227.
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Amid the sobering information additionally comes glimmers of hope, as state well being officers famous that as of Tuesday, greater than 648,000 people in the state have been vaccinated against COVID-19, with greater than 51,000 individuals within the state receiving each doses of both the Pfizer-BioNTech jab or the Moderna one.