Category: Broward News

President Donald Trump, left, introduces 7th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Rose Garden at the White House Sept. 26, 2020 in Washington. With 38 days until the election, Trump tapped Barrett to be his third Supreme Court nominee in four years and to replace Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) ... Read More

“We’ve actually seen more economic activity, more interaction, schools have opened, all the theme parks are open, more people have visited and what has happened with hospitalizations? COVID-positive hospitalizations are down 76% since the July peak,” DeSantis said. ... Read More

Lawn signs urging people to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, left, and President Donald Trump in Newburg, Wisc., on Sept. 18, 2020. Wisconsin is one of the “blue wall” states that Trump won in 2016 — to the surprise, chagrin and embarrassment of the Clinton campaign. (Lauren Justice/The New York Times) ... Read More

“We’re trying to drum up some enthusiasm for the people who are still on the fence about voting,” said local chapter president Anthony Aranha. “About half of the registered voters in Broward County didn’t show up to the polls and that could have made a difference in the election.” ... Read More

In South Florida, the cumulative positivity rates are 18.61% for Miami-Dade County, 13.63% for Broward County and 12.66% for Palm Beach County. As of Saturday, 909,020 people have been swabbed in Miami-Dade, 562,826 people have been tested in Broward, and 364,745 people got COVID-19 tests in Palm Beach County. ... Read More

Palm Beach Atlantic University student Rachel Smalley, 22, with her friend, Sophie Gonzalez, 21, behind her, carries her suitcase downstairs as she moves out of an isolation dormitory in West Palm Beach where she’s been for 13 days since being diagnosed with COVID-19. (Amy Beth Bennett / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

Broward County Supervisor of Elections Peter Antonacci watches over the approximately 250,000 vote-by-mail ballots as they are loaded onto U.S. Postal trucks at the Broward Elections headquarters in Lauderhill on Sept. 24, 2020. (Susan Stocker / South Florida Sun Sentinel) ... Read More

In South Florida, the cumulative positivity rates are 18.65% for Miami-Dade County, 13.66% for Broward County and 12.69% for Palm Beach County. As of Friday, 904,937 people have been swabbed in Miami-Dade, 560,371 people have been tested in Broward, and 362,752 people got COVID-19 tests in Palm Beach County. ... Read More

Gov. Ron DeSantis shows a card stating COVID-19 survival rates by age group as he announces phase three openings at news conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. DeSantis lifted all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses in Florida on Friday in a move to reopen the state’s economy despite the spread of the coronavirus. (John Pendygraft/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (John Pendygraft/AP) ... Read More

“We’re prepared if we see an increase,” he said. “We’re not closing anything going forward. But I think if you look at our hospital capacity, if you look what we did to marshal the latest medications, if you look at what we’ve done to help with all the PPE and the testing and everything, we have the tools in place that we need.” ... Read More