COVID-19

Separately, between 800,000 and 1 million tests expired while in storage. Florida is seeking federal permission to use the tests anyway.

Baptist Health and Ascension St. Vincent in Jacksonville both reported rising caseloads Wednesday. Statewide, the number nearly doubled in a week.

A judge denied an emergency petition filed by the family of COVID patient Daniel Pisano to allow the unproven treatment.

The number is a small share of Mayo Clinic's 73,000 employees. None of the firings came in Florida.

In a press conference in Jacksonville, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo also announced plans to add another monoclonal antibody treatment site.

In a statement, Curry said he is fully vaccinated and will isolate at home all week. He did not attend a press conference Tuesday in Jacksonville with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Frazier and other activists tried to talk to Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo about the state's COVID response. Instead, Frazier was led away in handcuffs for trespassing in a public building.

The site in Neptune Beach — Jacksonville's only city-funded, drive-through testing site — will give only 150 rapid tests and 100 PCR tests each day on a first-come, first-served basis. The city says the site is running out of money.

The Duval County School District will have new COVID-19 safety measures when schools resume Tuesday, but state law now prohibits a mask mandate for students.

The mandate affects 24 elementary schools and five high schools in Northeast Florida. New quarantine procedures also were put into place.