Florida reported its highest single-day COVID-19 death toll, shattering a previous record

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• Florida reported 156 more deaths from COVID-19 on Thursday, a new record for the state.
• Overall, at least 4,677 Florida residents have died from the coronavirus, according to the state Department of Health, which also reported 13,837 new cases on Thursday.
• Miami-Dade County accounts for 12% of Florida's population but 25% of its deaths from the pandemic. ICU space is now running out.
• To relieve pressure on area hospitals, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava told Business Insider that state and local officials should set up field hospitals.
• "We need to get the staff from out of state, if not the National Guard," she said. "I think we have to err on the side of caution, which means preparedness."
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On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the situation in Florida had "stabilized," citing a decline in the rate of positive coronavirus tests. Over the next three days the positivity rate was once more above 15% — and, by Thursday, the state had shattered another lamentable record, reporting 156 more deaths from COVID-19.

Before this week, the record was 120 deaths on July 9.

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