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Florida reports more than 1,700 new coronavirus cases with bars set to reopen
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida continues to stay on course for something resembling a new normal amid a global pandemic following a weekend of football and bars beginning to reopen.After reporting the lowest new coronavirus deaths since mid-June on Sunday, 24 hours later the Florida Department of Health confirmed 36 people died recently from the respiratory illness.The new fatalities from the virus bring Florida’s COVID-19 death toll to 12,800 since March, that includes 158 non-residents who died while in the Sunshine State.On Monday, the DOH reported 1,736 people have tested positive for coronavirus for the first time out of more than 47,000 tests.