ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Florida health officials reported 1,948 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday, ending the sixth month of the pandemic with 706,516 total cases since the virus was first detected in the state.Action to mitigate the pandemic was a hot topic during Tuesday’s presidential debate, with President Donald Trump addressing national response and the economy, saying the U.S.
did what it could as leaders learned about the virus.“Now we’re weeks away from a vaccine,” he said during Tuesday’s debate.Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticized the president’s response, saying the more than 200,000 deaths could have been avoided.On Wednesday the Florida Department of Health reported 175 people have recently died from.