Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Tests Positive for COVID-19

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced Friday that she has tested positive for COVID-19.

In a message posted on Twitter, Levine Cava said she took a test as "standard protocol" after experiencing mild symptoms.

This morning, I took a COVID-19 test as standard protocol after experiencing mild symptoms.

Unfortunately, I tested positive.

I’m grateful that I’m fully vaccinated and boosted. I will be following all CDC guidelines and quarantining at home.
— Daniella Levine Cava (@MayorDaniella) February 18, 2022

Levine Cava added Miami-Dade has a positivity rate under 10 percent and "we are finally seeing the light at the end of this dark tunnel."

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"Now is the time to get vaccinated and boosted, and if you’ve been exposed to get tested," she wrote. "I’m grateful to everyone for their well wishes."