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Hundreds crowd newly reopened Florida beaches even as the state sees a spike in coronavirus infections
The rush to the beach came on the same day that Florida saw 1,400 new infections — the largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases yet.
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- Minutes after beaches in North Florida were reopened by the governor at 5 p.m. on Friday, hundreds of locals flooded the sand.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced that some beaches and parks in his state could reopen less than three weeks into his statewide stay-home order.
- DeSantis urged residents to limit their beach activity to exercise and to avoid gathering or coming with 6 feet of others.
- But many beachgoers in Jacksonville didn't appear to be following the government's social distancing guidelines as they sunbathed and gathered with friends on Friday evening.