Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in South Florida on June 14
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.
WHEN WILL LIFE GO BACK TO NORMAL?
3:30 p.m.: When will we be on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic?
“I would hope to get to some degree of real normality within a year or so,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, The Telegraph reports. “But I don’t think it’s this winter or fall, we’ll be seeing it for a bit more.”
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says the virus “could go on for a couple of cycles, coming back and forth” in the U.S., according to the publication.
Read the full story here.
FLORIDA’S UPDATED CASE NUMBERS
1:10 p.m.: Florida broke its streak of single-day highs for positive COVID-19 cases reported Sunday and the day’s positive test rate slid down toward the overall positive test rate.
Still, the 2,016 confirmed new novel coronavirus cases in Sunday’s update represented the second-largest single day total for the state. This came from 38,591 tests, a 5.22% positive test rate, more in line with the state’s 5.4% overall testing rate since the pandemic started.
Read the full update on Florida’s case numbers here. The next update on Florida’s coronavirus numbers will come Monday morning.
MEET MIAMI-DADE’S VALEDICTORIANS AND SALUTATORIANS
12:35 p.m.: Who are the students in the Class of 2020 who graduated at the top of their class in their Miami-Dade private, parochial or charter school? They are the valedictorians and salutatorians, the students with the highest grade-point average and the ones who traditionally deliver the farewell speech at graduation ceremonies. (Miami-Dade Public Schools does not bestow these titles on its students.)
They’ve overcome a lot this school year — no prom, no end-of-the-year plays, team sports or elaborate graduation ceremonies because of the COVID-19 pandemic — but they have tremendous aspirations and bright futures.
Meet this year’s valedictorians and salutatorians.
COVID-19 IN FLORIDA: A NUMBERS GAME
11:10 a.m.: The Miami Herald analyzed both public and non-public data in order to illustrate the spread of the novel coronavirus in Florida, examine reopening benchmarks and offer a look at what comes next.
Here’s the Herald’s series that examines the different aspects of the state’s COVID-19 data and what it all tells us.
SPECIAL REPORT: 40,000 CREW STILL AT SEA
9:20 a.m.: As more countries loosen COVID-19 travel restrictions, crew members are slowly making their way home. About 3,000 Carnival Cruise Line workers got off in Croatia earlier this month to catch rides and flights home across Europe.
Meanwhile, MSC has flown more than 1,000 Indian crew members home on charter flights from Europe and South America. Royal Caribbean also flew more than 1,200 Filipino crew members home last week from Greece, Dubai, the United States and Barbados.
Still, at least 42,000 workers remain trapped on cruise ships without paychecks — some still suffering from COVID-19 — three months after the industry shut down.
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 begins.
▪ With 2,581 new coronavirus cases, Florida hits a record high for the third day in a row
▪ COVID-19 numbers trending up in Florida since reopening. A look at the data
▪ ‘Getting back to normal.’ Big crowds, few masks on South Beach on first reopened weekend
▪ Baptist Health allows visitors again at outpatient locations with new guidelines
▪ Legislators to DeSantis: Be fully transparent with COVID-19 data, ‘Floridians can handle it’
This story was originally published June 14, 2020 at 9:07 AM with the headline "Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in South Florida on June 14."
