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Florida reached more than 756,000 coronavirus cases Monday as the state’s positivity rates reached their highest levels since early September.

Florida reached more than 756,000 coronavirus cases Monday as the state’s positivity rates reached their highest levels since early September.

A local adult entertainment company will be operating beyond Miami-Dade County’s curfew Saturday night after a County Circuit judge recently allowed the strip club to defy the emergency orders.

The bell rings, and the hallways of South Broward High School come to life, with everyone moving in the same direction: toward keeping students and teachers safe on campus.  “Oh it’s awesome, this is what we’re here for, we’re here to serve and we’re here to serve our students and it’s very exciting that they’re here,” said principal Patty...

Zane Wampler is a fourth grader at Plantation Key School in Islamorada, which is now back to in-person classes. But he’ll have to wait a little longer for face to face instruction. “Everybody’s in school, and I’m the only one not,” said the nine-year-old. In July, Zane was diagnosed with multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children also known as MIS-C,...

A mix-up over COVID-19 results by a third party lab forced Florida’s Department of Health to stop it’s daily numbers report Saturday, according to health officials. Helix Laboratory sent approximately 400,000 previously-recorded COVID-19 test results to the Department of Health Friday night. Officials say the “massive” amount of data needed to be de-duplicated, and prevented the department’s automatic reporting...

Each morning, amateurs and experts alike scour the Florida Department of Health COVID data for signs of anything unusual. On Saturday, when the state announced the reports would not be released because of problems processing results from one lab, it touched off a Category 5 nerd alert among some of those who closely follow the data. The state said it…

The Florida Department of Health recently began releasing the number of positive cases linked to colleges and universities but the data is limited.

Next year’s Miami Marathon has been canceled due to concerns of the coronavirus, event organizers announced Monday.

The state said it delayed the results after receiving what “appeared to be approximately 400,000 previously reported COVID-19 test results by Helix, a private laboratory.” NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports.

One week after Miami-Dade County Public Schools began to physically reopen their campuses to students for in-person teaching, MAST Academy in Key Biscayne has returned to distance learning after two students tested positive for COVID-19.

Florida recently began reporting the number of coronavirus cases at colleges and universities across the state. NBC 6’s Myriam Masihy has what the numbers show and what some schools are doing to prevent the spread of the virus on campus.

After Miami-Dade County Public Schools began physically reopening campuses last week, officials set up a coronavirus dashboard in order to keep track of the number of cases that are confirmed among students and staff. The dashboard shows self-reported cases by employees and confirmed student cases among those attending in-person instruction. Students that remain engaged in distance learning full-time will not…

One week after Miami-Dade County Public Schools began to physically reopen their campuses to students for in-person teaching, MAST Academy in Key Biscayne has returned to distance learning after two students tested positive for COVID-19.

Florida added more than 5,500 new COVID-19 cases Sunday following a mix-up that prevented coronavirus data from being released on Saturday.

For the first time since March, parents were dropping kids off at Broward County Public Schools Friday. About 12,500 students made up the first wave of students to return to the schoolhouse. “It’s been a great day, a great feeling,” Superintendent Robert Runcie said at a news conference Friday afternoon. “I think everyone was extremely happy to see students coming...

Broward County Public Schools is welcoming some of its student back to campus Friday for in-person classes. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports.

The toll from coronavirus, both economic and physical, has not been equally shared. Researchers have noted some populations — including the Black community — are affected worse than others. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone looks at how one group is trying to change that.

It’s almost time for sticky buns and strawberry milkshakes as South Florida’s iconic Knaus Berry Farm is set to open at the end of the month. The farm, which has been in operation since 1956 and is located on Southwest 248th Street in Homestead, commented on an Instagram post Friday that they’ll be opening their doors on Oct. 27,...

Broward County Public Schools is welcoming some of its student back to campus today for in-person classes, one day after Miami-Dade schools confirmed several COVID cases among students.