Florida sees record-breaking 23,903 new COVID cases, more people than ever in hospital

MIAMI — Florida has broken another record for COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period, another grim benchmark of the highly contagious delta variant. On Saturday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 23,903 new COVID-19 cases for Friday. The day before was another record-breaker: 22,783 new novel coronavirus cases. Saturday’s data amounts to the highest single-day case count since the pandemic began last year as the state continues record-breaking hospitalizations for the sixth straight day in a row. On Saturday, the state recorded 13,747 hospitalizations related to COVID-19...