ORLANDO, Fla. – While recent models show the state’s peak could be sooner than initially expected and with fewer deaths, Florida officials are still preparing for the worst.

In a news conference Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said leaders are preparing to open field hospitals throughout the state as the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in Florida grows closer.

The latest models from The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation -- most widely-cited by U.S.

health officials -- show the death toll will be close to 149 per day when the outbreak reaches its projected April 21 peak. Previously, the models showed Florida experiencing a peak in fatal coronavirus cases on April 23, with 239 deaths per day during the worst

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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