Super Bowl on Feb. 7 to watch the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Kansas City Chiefs. Despite the ongoing pandemic, 22,000 of those fans will be screaming and cheering from the stands in Tampa, Fla.The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Florida peaked in early January, and have been in decline since.
Still, the state is reporting about 46 cases and 0.79 deaths per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. A more infectious strain of COVID-19, known as B.1.1.7, is on the rise in the state.In all, 27,018 people have died from the coronavirus in Florida.
Only Texas, California and New York have seen a greater number of deaths.Our ongoing research, centred on the ethical dilemmas faced by fans, athletes and organizations around the return to live.