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'We are now in crisis mode': Mayor of Florida county home to Disney World sounds alarm on surging Covid cases
Updated 1:27 AM ET, Tue July 27, 2021
Washington (CNN)The mayor of the Florida county that's home to Disney World and Universal Studios is sounding the alarm on a spike of Covid-19 cases in the area, saying the county is now in "crisis mode" as it grapples with its worsening infection rate.
"These numbers are extraordinary. We are seeing nearly 1,000 new cases in Orange County daily. Those are the numbers we saw at the highest peak last year," Mayor Jerry Demings, a Democrat, said Monday during a news conference. "So a thousand a day is extraordinary. We are now in crisis mode."
Urging the county's residents to get vaccinated, Demings added: "We, as a community, need to work together to slow the spread."
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