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Covid-19 Cases Hit Record at Florida Long-Term Care Centers

Elderly residents walks inside a retirement community in Pompano Beach, Florida.

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Current Covid-19 cases among Florida long-term care residents jumped to 1,868, the most since the pandemic began.

That’s a one-day increase of 76 from a day earlier, according to a report released Tuesday by the Florida Department of Health. The numbers are up by 293 since Friday, when the state last published them. They include residents of assisted-living centers and nursing homes, who are among the most at risk of dying from the infection.