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Manatee County school workers sent home after CÓVID-19 exposure
It was unclear how many people were sent home.
It was unclear how many people were sent home.
More than 12% of the state's deaths have been in Southwest Florida.
The region is home to 9.8% of Florida cases, but 13% of its COVID-19 deaths.
Lee County alone now has more than 10,000 cases.
Some school board officials have questioned the order's authority.
In Florida some schools reopen in early August.
Hendry County, with population of just 40,000, cracked 1,000 cases.
From Manatee nursing homes to Immokalee migrant camps, the disease keeps spreading.
Region as a whole saw over 1,000 new cases Friday.
But only a handful of new deaths were reported.
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