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Despite most Floridians being vaccinated, the delta wave was by far the deadliest, coming as many shed masks and sought return to normalcy.

The delta wave is pretty much done in Florida, with the state reporting the lowest infection rate in the entire country. But the virus left a wave of death like none ever to hit Florida. NBC 6’s Tony Pipitone reports

The Florida Department of Education has withheld the monthly salaries of school board members in Broward and Alachua counties over their mandatory mask mandates. “We’re going to fight to protect parent’s rights to make health care decisions for their children. They know what is best for their children. What’s unacceptable is the politicians who have raised their right hands...

COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state are dropping, and a testing site in Tropical Park is now open 24/7. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports

A Circuit judge roled that school districts can mandate masks, but the state is vowing to appeal to a higher court. NBC 6’s Ryan Nelson reports.

NBC 6’s Phil Prazan looked at the numbers and spoke with White House Advisor Dr. Cameron Webb about the crisis in Florida as new numbers show less hospitalizations.

One of Florida’s largest health networks is seeing the capacity of its hospital morgues strained amid a spike in seriously ill COVID-19 patients and a backup at funeral homes

NBc 6’s Tony Pipitone spoke with Dr. Jason Salemi, who says that we are not where we were in deaths in the summer of 202, yet.

As new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations start to level off in Florida, the question now is how deadly this Delta wave of the virus will be. In social media and some news coverage, some are saying it’s already the deadliest wave of all. But that’s not the case — at least not yet. Some headlines claim Florida is suffering...

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge in Florida and the battle between Gov. Ron DeSantis and school districts across the state intensifies over mask mandates, Quinnipiac University’s latest poll finds that concerns over the virus were palpable among those surveyed and a majority believe the surge was preventable. Quinnipiac surveyed 997 adults in Florida from August 17-21 with a margin…

There’s a new weapon in the fight against Covid-19 to keep people out of the hospital in South Florida. More than 100 monoclonal antibody treatments, known as Regeneron, have been administered at Broward Health Medical Center in the last week to try and keep people from becoming patients. “This is not for someone with severe symptoms, this is not for…

Getting a third shot of Pfizer or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could provide an immunity boost as the virus surges again thanks to the Delta variant. NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar explains why the U.S. might recommend a booster shot for already vaccinated people, and what that means for the future of getting COVID under control nationally.

Two state agencies jumped into the mandatory-masks-in-school debate Friday, supporting the governor’s executive order which bars school districts from requiring students to wear face masks. The Florida Department of Health announced a rule that school districts must allow parents the option of sending their kids to school without masks. Almost simultaneously, the State Board of Education held a public...

Florida’s Board of Education approved an emergency rule Friday that will allow private school vouchers if parents feel their children are being harassed by a school district’s COVID-19 safety policies, including mask requirements. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports

The question of whether Florida public school students will be required to wear masks seems to have been settled by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Last week, he signed an executive order prohibiting school districts from mandating masks, a move cheered by many parents.  Now the backlash has begun, from educators, doctors, and other parents, especially those whose kids have conditions that...

The number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida rose to an all-time high of 11,515 patients in one day. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports on the latest of the response efforts in South Florida.

Hospital medical directors say the surge happened quickly. COVID-19 has returned, infecting mostly the unvaccinated. One hospital in South Florida reports a 50% increase in COVID cases from last week. By and large, hospital systems in South Florida tell NBC 6 they are not having a crisis among staff, ventilators, masks, or other equipment. Doctors are just seeing a large…

Officials say Broward and Miami-Dade are leading the nation in COVID-19 hospitalizations,

Politics is getting in the way of cohesive public health measures in Florida. NBC 6’s Kim Wynne reports.

Memorial Healthcare System is seeing hundreds of patients with COVID-19 across its hospital system, officials said Friday. Memorial saw 420 patients with COVID-19 on Friday, with 55 of them in the ICU, Chief of Critical Care Medicine Dr. Aharon Sareli said in a news briefing. Eighty percent of those hospitalized with the most severe cases of COVID-19 cases are on…