While Victoria struggles with a surge in COVID-19 cases, the US state of Florida is battling a spike of a very different magnitude.
Key points:
- More than 400,000 people in Florida have tested positive to COVID-19
- Local and state political leaders have been accused of sending mixed messages
- Australian cafe owner Nick Sharp says the numbers started to spike after the Spring Break vacation
After peaking at 15,000 cases in one day, it is still registering thousands of new cases each day, with more than 400,000 people having tested positive.
“There are more cases of COVID-19 here in Miami than in Australia,” ICU nurse Kevin Cho Tipton told 7.30.
Miami’s population of 2.7 million people is just over half of greater Melbourne’s 5 million.
Australian Nick Sharp owns six cafes in the Miami area, and he is struggling.
“It’s tough, it’s really tough,” he told 7.30.
‘Crazy gatherings’
Two things have led to the soaring number of cases — spring break in March followe