May 26: Florida has 52,255 known cases of COVID-19. The Miami metropolitan area, comprised of three counties, has a whopping 56% of the state's cases despite only having 30% of the state's population.
June 5: Florida enters phase 2 of its reopening in 64/67 counties, with the aforementioned Miami metropolitan area counties (Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach) excluded because of the high case numbers.
June 15: Palm Beach County enters a narrowed phase 2 of its reopening, leaving Broward and Miami-Dade as the only counties in the state that haven't entered phase 2.
June 26: Florida has 122,960 known cases of Covid-19. The Miami metropolitan area's share of state cases has dropped to 46% (from 56% on May 26). Palm Beach County, which entered a narrowed phase 2 reopening on June 15 and which only enacted a face mask mandate on June 25, has had the largest increase in cases, relative to population size, of the three counties in the metropolitan area. Miami-Dade and Broward counties had put mask mandates in place on April 9 and April 10, respectively.
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