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Florida’s New Virus Cases Slow After Daily Infections Hit Record

People sit in their vehicles while waiting in line to enter a Covid-19 drive-thru testing site at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on June 30. — People sit in their vehicles while waiting in line to enter a Covid-19 drive-thru testing site at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on June 30.
Photographer: Marco Bello/Bloomberg

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By Steve Geimann

July 3, 2020 at 4:28 PM UTC

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Florida’s Covid-19 cases eased on Friday after rising to a record the day before, which prompted the state’s largest county to impose a curfew.

The number of new cases reported rose by 9,488, or 5.6%, to 178,594, compared with an average 5.8% in the previous seven days. The Sunshine State reported a record 10,109 cases on Thursday. Deaths reached 3,684, an increase of 67 that matched the total from the previous day, according to the release, which includes data through Thursday.