Florida becomes the third state to reach 1 million coronavirus cases – CNN

(CNN)Florida is now the third state to report more than 1 million coronavirus cases.
After 8,847 new cases were added Tuesday, the state has now recorded 1,008,166 cases and 18,679 deaths, according tothe Florida Department of Health. The only other states to have reported more than 1 million cases are Texas and California.
The daunting milestone came the day after Gov. Ron DeSantis held his first news conference in 26 days, doubling down on keeping schools open for in-person instruction in the…