Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference in Miami.

Orange County residents who are overdue on their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are encouraged to complete the series as quickly as possible, especially as the two largest sites in the region wind down operations.

Nearly half of new virus infections nationwide are in just five states -- including Florida.

A Florida state agency says dam safety experts consider the risk of a possible second breach in a leaking wastewater reservoir to be “unsubstantiated.”.

In the meantime, health officials said it’s important to keep following the current guidelines even after getting the vaccine. When prevention measures like mask mandates are rolled back, cases go up,” Walensky said. A representative of Osceola County said they have no plans to relax their mask mandate anytime soon. A Volusia County spokesperson said in a statement:Ad“Here in Volusia County, while some cities have mask mandates, Volusia County Government never instituted one. We never had a mask mandate, and we do not plan to start one.