Coronavirus live updates: Here’s what to know in South Florida on September 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.
Florida reports more than 200 COVID deaths for second straight day, and 2,583 new cases
11:40 a.m.: Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 2,583 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s known total to 654,731. There were also 211 Florida resident deaths announced, bringing the resident death toll to 12,326.
Two new non-resident deaths were also announced, bringing non-resident toll to 156.
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How COVID-19 exploded in the Turks and Caicos, which struggles to contain virus
10 a.m.: For six weeks this summer, it appeared that an idyllic Turks and Caicos was beating back the coronavirus. As cases continued to rise elsewhere in the Caribbean, the sun-splashed island chain just 575 miles southeast of Miami was holding its number of infections steady at 12. Then came June 25.
Nearly six months after confirming its first positive case, the British overseas territory is struggling to contain COVID-19 as its confirmed cases have multiplied.
On Wednesday, the territory of about 40,000 residents reported 614 COVID-19 infections and its first confirmed case on the island of South Caicos, one of only a handful of inhabited islands in the chain that was still COVID free.
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COVID took a harsh toll on South Florida houses of worship
8:45 a.m.: Like many things since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, South Florida houses of worship have had to make dramatic changes. In the Miami Archdiocese, parishioners don’t hold hands as they recite the Lord’s Prayer, pews are emptier and the holy water has been put away.
The archdiocese also says that in the earlier days of the pandemic six out of 253 priests tested positive. One of them, Father William Muñiz of St. Henry Catholic Church in Pompano Beach, died of COVID-related complications in late July. He was 85.
All but one of the cases, the archdiocese said, occurred after it suspended in-person Masses mid-March and moved services online.
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Miami-Dade’s COVID curfew moving back to 11 p.m. Monday — unless you have UM tickets
8:40 a.m.: Miami-Dade will be loosening more COVID rules in the coming days, starting with a special curfew exemption for people attending Thursday’s University of Miami football game at Hard Rock Stadium.
Mayor Carlos Gimenez announced the game day exemption during a virtual press conference Wednesday in which
he also outlined a set of restrictions set to be eased Monday. That includes moving the current 10 p.m. curfew to 11 p.m., allowing amusement parks to open, permitting some team sports at county parks and lifting a blanket ban on renting shared scooters and bikes.
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CATCH UP TO START THE DAY
8:30 a.m.: Here are the coronavirus headlines to catch you up on what’s happening around South Florida and the state as Thursday begins.
▪ Florida adds 2,056 coronavirus cases and 200 resident deaths, pushing toll past 12,000.
▪ Miami-Dade weighs later curfew and more business reopenings.
This story was originally published September 10, 2020 at 8:57 AM.
