Sources: CBS News
Florida reports its first cases of the Omicron BA.4 variant at the Premier Medical Laboratory Services in three patients in Miami-Dade County. 2022-06-8
Emeritus Queen consort Sofía of Spain tests positive for COVID-19 after travelling to Miami, Florida, United States. 2022-05-23
Florida reports 75,900 cases of COVID-19, a new single-day record. 2021-12-31
Florida reports a record 22,783 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. 2021-08-6
Illinois surpasses 1 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth state to do so after California, Texas, Florida, and New York. 2021-01-7
Illinois registers 15,415 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single-day record, breaking a national record that was previously set by Florida on July 12, when that state reported 15,299 cases. 2020-11-13
The Florida Department of Health reports 3,779 cases, the state's lowest since June 23. 2020-08-16
Florida surpasses New York, once the epicenter of the pandemic, to hold the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, with a total 414,511 confirmed cases. 2020-07-25
Playwright Terrence McNally dies from complications of COVID-19 in Florida. 2020-03-24
Two dozen more cases are reported in the U.S., bringing the total number of infected Americans to 102. Four deaths also occur in the state of Washington, bringing the total death toll in the U.S. to six. Washington and Florida issue state emergencies. 2020-03-2