Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in South Florida on May 10
We’re keeping track of the latest news regarding the coronavirus in South Florida and around the state. Check back for updates throughout the day.
NAPLES CLOSES BEACHES ONE WEEK AFTER REOPENING
5 p.m.: Naples closed its beaches Sunday, one week after they reopened, because officials said visitors were not practicing social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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FLORIDA’S UPDATED CASE NUMBERS
2:30 p.m.: Sunday afternoon’s update said 316 of Florida’s 595 new novel coronavirus cases came from Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties. Five of the six deaths came from the region, also, although all of those were in Miami-Dade.
The state now has 40,596 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,721 deaths.
Read the full update on Florida’s case numbers here. The next update on Florida’s coronavirus numbers will come Monday morning.
THE HEAT CAN OFFICIALLY USE ITS PRACTICE FACILITY
10:20 a.m.: Gyms remain closed officially in Miami-Dade except for one: the Miami Heat practice facility at AmericanAirlines Arena.
An amendment to Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 15-20, which closed gyms, pools, hot tubs to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, allows “the use of facilities owned or leased by a professional sports franchise, solely by employees of such franchise for training purposes.”
This exception went into effect Friday at 6 p.m. The Heat plans to begin voluntary individual workouts Wednesday at the earliest.
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SOUTH FLORIDA LAWSUIT ACCUSES CHINA OF CORONAVIRUS COVER-UP
9:40 a.m.: Worried about her future, flight attendant Jessica Merritt recently decided to join a growing South Florida class-action lawsuit that accuses the People’s Republic of China of knowing about the danger of the coronavirus in December, covering up its rapid spread by Chinese traveling to other countries through January, and ultimately causing the loss of tens of millions of jobs and the deaths of at least 78,000 Americans — a number likely to continue growing for months.
Merritt, a Boca Raton 30-year-old, put her name on the suit along with dozens of other workers, healthcare professionals and business people from here, New York and other parts of the country. The South Florida native believes that if China had warned the world early on about the deadly virus that originated in the city of Wuhan, the United States could have been better prepared to contain its spread and devastation.
Read the full story here.
CATCH UP TO START THE DAY
9:10 a.m.: Here are the coronavirus headlines to catch you up on what’s happening around South Florida and the state as Sunday, Mother’s Day, begins.
▪ State adds 802 new COVID-19 cases and 46 deaths, with the majority in South Florida
▪ They’re doctors, teachers, first responders — motherhood in the time of coronavirus
▪ Face masks are not required at Miami-Dade parks outside of groups
▪ With a pandemic, lost jobs and record heat, Miami’s poor can’t afford air conditioning
▪ Davie allows some parks, community pools to reopen with strict rules
▪ Nordstrom to close some stores, including two in Florida. The retailer isn’t alone
This story was originally published May 10, 2020 at 9:10 AM with the headline "Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in South Florida on May 10."
