Florida's coronavirus death toll surpassed 6,000 today as the disease claimed another 186 lives in its relentless march through the southeast US state, health officials said.

The so-called Sunshine State is now second only to California in its total number of Covid-19 cases with 441,997, an increase of 9,230 from the day before.

The latest cases put it ahead of New York, an early epicentre of the global pandemic which has wreaked havoc in the United States.

Today's death toll was Florida's highest for a single day, although not all fatalities necessarily occurred between yesterday and today.

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Philly woman frustrated waiting for PPA to help pay for damaged vehicle

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Ambassador Bridge Closed to Canada-bound trucks

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Abortion referrals can continue for now, federal court rules

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ACT-Accelerator calls for fair share-based financing of US$ 23 billion to end pandemic as global emergency in 2022

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Fourth suspect in murder of Philadelphia teen captured in Atlanta

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Florida infection rate now worse than New York as cases rise to 423,855

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DeSantis believes Florida will soon contain virus outbreak

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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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