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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 54,063 Floridians have died from COVID-19 related complications.

Hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 continue to drop, hitting levels not seen since early August.

Florida reported a record 2,345 deaths from COVID-19 this week, an increase of 618 over last week.

The five highest single-day reports of new COVID-19 cases have all come since Aug. 5.

The CDC is now counting cases and deaths on the day they occur as opposed to the day they were reported to the agency.

On Monday, the Florida Department of Health called out the discrepancy on Twitter, renewing attention to the state's decision to stop reporting daily COVID-19 numbers even as the delta variant drives up cases.

Wednesday's report of 24,753 new cases topped the previous high of 23,958 recorded on Friday.

The CDC now says 21,500 cases were recorded Saturday, 19,567 Sunday, and 15,319 Monday.

The 7-day rolling average of cases climbed to an unprecedented 18,933 people.

Thursday's report only trails the 21,683 cases reported on July 31.

Among them: People with flu-like symptoms should stay home, simultaneous online instruction will no longer be offered, and quarantine policies are eased for those vaccinated.

A U.S. District Judge is scheduled to hear arguments Friday in Norwegian’s request for a preliminary injunction against the vaccine-passport ban.