The omicron variant of the coronavirus has spiked in Florida and across the nation over the past few weeks.
Summary
- TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reported more than 75,900 new cases of COVID-19 in Florida.
- Friday’s report marks a single-day record for the number of new cases in Florida.
- It breaks the record set a day earlier when more than 58,000 cases were reported in the state.
- Three people collapsed while waiting in line at a Tampa testing site on Friday morning.
- Authorities received three medical calls at the Al Lopez Park testing site, according to Lauren Rozyla, a spokeswoman for the city of Tampa.