Florida and the Coronavirus

                Florida and the Coronavirus 7-5-20

By Ethan V

Global Coronavirus cases: 11,562,559

Global Coronavirus deaths: 536,837

    As the Coronavirus Pandemic continues you can see some states/areas in the US getting worse or handling lockdown correctly and keeping their cases down. One of the states that's getting worse is Florida and today as of July 5th, 2020 they hit 200,000 cases. Last week Florida reported over 10,000 new cases on 3 of the 7 days and on the Fourth of July they made a new daily amount of Coronavirus cases record with 11,458 new cases. 

    As you can see in the graph below, Florida spiked in cases in March when the Virus was new to the US and many people went to Florida for spring break and partied on the beach. Then, the cases dip in late April to May when Florida was on lockdown but then they skyrocket back in June. The main reason for this is Florida reopened early. It makes it even worse since Florida has a lot of elderly residents because it's a popular for retirement.