DeSantis barred school districts from requiring students to wear masks when classes resume next month. The figures show how quickly the number of cases is rising in the Sunshine State: only a day earlier, Florida reported 17,093 new daily cases. The previous peak in Florida had been 19,334 cases reported on January 7, before the availability of vaccinations became widespread. All workers at Universal's Florida park on Saturday started being required to wear masks while indoors as the employees returned to practicing social distancing. Health officials announced that coronavirus cases in Florida had jumped 50 per cent over the past week with Covid-19 hospitalisations in the state nearing last year's peak.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 31, 2021 21:56 UTC