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- Centers for Disease Control And Prevention: Their website has updates and a national map.
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Leisure and hospitality jobs are down 249,400 from a year ago, and money hotels received through the Paycheck Protection Program to keep workers employed for two months has run out. -
The positivity rate for first-time tests on Wednesday stayed over 5% for the second straight day.
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The city's order has not changed despite Florida entering Phase 3.
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The school-specific data was posted after a coalition of news organizations threatened to sue Gov. Ron DeSantis for violating the state public records law,
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There will be reduced attendance and increased safety protocols when fans are allowed into Raymond James Stadium for Bucs and USF football games.
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The majority of those laid off are part-time employees.
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Police are seeking to talk with three men who appeared to brandish weapons at protests in St. Petersburg Saturday night.
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The term has found its way into politicized discussions about how to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does it actually mean? And does it work?
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Central Florida lawmakers say Gov. Ron DeSantis might be endangering Florida workers with preexisting health conditions by reopening the state. The state moved to Phase 3 on Friday.
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Nine months after the first reported fatality in China last January, the world has hit a sobering milestone.
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The state says it is backing off a requirement that facilities for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities test staff members for COVID-19 every two weeks.
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Where to sit at lunch? How to make friends while wearing a mask? How to cope with parents deploying in uncertain times? These are questions military children face during these times.
