Florida

Florida surpassed the half-million mark of coronavirus infections Wednesday, doubling its number of infections in less than four weeks. During those 25 days, the number of confirmed deaths of Florida residents increased by 82%. The death toll climbed Wednesday by 225, the fourth largest one day increase on record — to reach 7,627 resident deaths. Over the last seven days,…

The state’s death toll since the pandemic started in mid-March has also risen to over 7.600 as of Wednesday.

A 36-year-old man in Florida is charged with battery and child abuse after he tore down a plastic safety partition and attacked a Lyft driver. According to a sheriff’s press release, the man was charged with child abuse because a 7-year-old boy was riding in the car and the attack put him in danger.

Police are investigating the scene along a busy Treasure Coast highway after the body of a woman was found Tuesday morning. NBC affiliate WPTV-TV reports the body was discovered along I-95 in the southbound lanes in St. Lucie County. A man called Florida Highway Patrol deputies after he saw the body when he pulled over with car trouble. Chopper footage…

The winner of last year’s “American Ninja Warrior” competition has been charged by federal prosecutors with luring a teen girl for sex and possessing child pornography.

A South Florida mother says she is lost after losing her youngest child to the coronavirus.

The city of Hialeah’s task force looking into COVID-19 outbreaks at local nursing homes and assisted living facilities found access to personal protective equipment is still a concern.  Members of the task force, which includes the city’s fire department, went to all the 94 long-term care facilities in the area and found 20 reported PPE shortages: 15 needed gowns, 14…

The city of Hialeah’s task force looking into COVID-19 outbreaks at local nursing homes and assisted living facilities found access to personal protective equipment is still a concern.

Whether you get your finger pricked, spit into a test tube or have a swab stuck into the back of your nasal cavity, you’re probably hoping to learn one thing: whether you’ve been exposed to the novel coronavirus.

The Florida Department of Health placed Miami-Dade County under a mosquito-borne illness alert after two more people were confirmed to have West Nile virus infections. The two new cases of West Nile virus infection of local transmission brought the total infections to 26 in 2020, officials said Tuesday. West Nile is most commonly spread to people by the bite of…

In an abrupt reversal, President Donald Trump now is encouraging voters in the critical swing state of Florida to vote by mail after months of criticizing the practice, and only days after threatening to sue Nevada over a new vote-by-mail law.

The Florida Department of Education announced their Teacher of the Year Tuesday. The winner was Krista Stanley, a 6th grade math teacher in Okeechobee County. The announcement was made on a video news conference with Florida Commissioner of Education Richard Corcoran.

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Confirmed deaths of Florida residents linked to COVID-19 returned to last week’s record-setting pace, with 245 new deaths added to the toll in Tuesday’s report from the state Department of Health. The number is the third-highest one-day jump on record and brings the total resident deaths to 7,402. An additional 124 non-residents have also died in Florida. Reporting is delayed…

Residents in a Southwest Florida apartment complex found themselves trapped in an elevator thanks to something all too familiar in the Sunshine State – a live alligator that was sitting outside the door. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that deputies responded to the complex near Estero after getting calls of the reptile keeping residents from…

NBC 6 investigator Phil Prazan breaks down why some locations aren’t equipped with what they need and how the city aims to help.

Voters in Miami-Dade County will get a chance to begin early voting for the August 18th primaries on Monday. The county will allow registered voters to cast their ballots at sites across the county each day through Sunday, August 16th. Click here for a list of sites across the county and hours each site will be open. With the coronavirus…

The third highest total reported was Tuesday since the pandemic started in mid-March.

The World Health Organization has warned that there might never be a “silver bullet” to protect against the coronavirus. Dr. Bob Lahita, a professor of medicine at New York Medical College, joined LX News to explain why vaccine progress is making him more hopeful.

Health officials in the Florida Keys say they’ve confirmed four new cases of Dengue fever