Florida cemented its status as one of the hardest-hit states in the US’s widening Covid-19 outbreak by reporting a record one-day increase in coronavirus deaths, tallying 133 fatalities just days after it saw the country’s largest jump in infections.
The new high comes less than a week after Florida set its previous one-day record at 120 and follows weeks of steadily declining fatalities — a sign the month-long outbreak could replicate the grim death toll of the pandemic’s earlier wave in the US north-east.
Florida on Sunday reported the highest one-day increase in cases of any US state since the pandemic began with 15,300, though on Tuesday its fresh cases totalled 9,194, down from 12,624 the day before.
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