Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Deadliest day of outbreak & abandoned Orlando babies

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April 15, 2020

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Florida coronavirus update: 72 more deaths make it deadliest day of outbreak; 5 more fatalities in Orange

Florida had its deadliest day for confirmed coronavirus deaths Tuesday with 72, including five in Orange County, according to the Florida Department of Health. The previous one-day high was 48 which was reached two days last week. 

Orlando Health CEO: Central Florida COVID-19 cases may have peaked

In an interview with the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board Tuesday, the head of Orlando Health said his hospital system's model shows the number of COVID-19 cases in Central Florida may already have peaked.

3 babies abandoned at Orlando apartment complex since 2016; DNA shows they're siblings

Three times since 2016, babies have been abandoned at Orlando's Willow Key Apartments. DNA tests showed they're siblings. Orlando police are hiring genealogists to track down their parents.

Florida's teachers union: Keep schools closed through end of academic year

The Florida Education Association on Tuesday urged Gov. Ron DeSantis not to reopen schools this academic year. DeSantis said he has not made a decision on when schools, now shuttered through May 1, might reopen.

Orlando airport braces for coronavirus hit on cash flow from airlines, rental cars and concessions

The airport's authority proposes to hold off on collecting nearly $17 million in various rent revenues anticipated from May. The deferred balances are to be repaid, beginning in June, with four payments for airlines and car-rental companies and eight payments for small, local stores.

77,000 furloughed Disney World workers could get FastPass to jobless benefits

About 77,000 Walt Disney World employees set to be furloughed next week could get a Fast Pass to Florida's unemployment system, which has seen hundreds of thousands of other workers face lengthy delays in getting benefits.

'Uniquely disastrous': Orlando, Vegas take harder financial hit than most of America | Commentary

Coronavirus crushes Orlando's low-wage economy. Researcher: 'You'd be hard-pressed to find a more disastrous and particular crisis.'

Large hotel, restaurant companies getting small-business loans want to spend less of the money paying workers

Across the country, hotel and restaurant companies of all sizes are tapping into the small-business "Paycheck Protection Program." And now they're lobbying lawmakers to loosen the rules around how they are supposed to spend that money.

Orlando man killed after attending house party in Davenport, Osceola deputies say

A 20-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday after apparently attending a house party, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

Is WWE Hall-of-Famer Donald Trump why pro wrestling is an 'essential business' in Florida? | Commentary

Is WWE getting preferential treatment because Donald Trump and Vince McMahon go back decades?

Former Magic coach Stan Van Gundy shows off free-throw form, talks NBA season outlook

Former Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said the length of the coronavirus shutdown will impact players' game fitness and help determine how quickly the league can resume play at a high level.

Pop-culture CyberCon provides Central Florida alternative to delayed MegaCon

Fans of cosplay, theme parks and more can meet online at the weekend event.

It was a regular poker game among 8 friends. Within weeks, coronavirus killed 3 and infected all

A string of coronavirus infections hit all eight members of a weekly poker game in Florida. Three of them died.

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