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DeSantis orders flags lowered to honor COVID-19 victims

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The U.S. flag waves at half-staff to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside the Miami-Dade County Courthouse at 73 W. Flagler St., in downtown Miami, Florida, on Sunday, September 27, 2020.
The U.S. flag waves at half-staff to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg outside the Miami-Dade County Courthouse at 73 W. Flagler St., in downtown Miami, Florida, on Sunday, September 27, 2020. SAM NAVARRO Special for the Miami Herald
TALLAHASSEE

Flags will fly at half-staff Wednesday at state and local government buildings throughout Florida to honor people who have died of COVID-19.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset Wednesday.

The move came almost exactly a year after DeSantis declared a public health emergency on March 1, 2020, because of the pandemic. As of a Tuesday count, 31,135 Florida residents and 561 non-residents had died because of COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health website.

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This story was originally published March 2, 2021 at 3:45 PM.

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