Orange County

AdventHealth in Orlando has reactivated its COVID command center. Meantime, omicron has been detected in Tallahassee and the variant has become the dominant strain in Miami-Dade.

The Omicron Covid-19 variant has been detected in Orange County wastewater. The test that found the omicron variant in Orange County sewage is considered preliminary. It’s a Beta version, which

Dr. Neil Finkler, chief clinical officer for the Central Florida Division, says cases in the seven-county region have peaked and "we are looking at the beginning of what we believe to be a downward curve.”

Leon is forcing its employees to be vaccinated or be fired. Meantime, Orange is requiring its nonunion workers to get the shots and Miami-Dade is mandating indoors masks in county buildings.

Orange County's positivity rate for the virus has tripled to 14% from about 4.3% a month ago. Mayor Jerry Demings also said the region's hospitals are approaching capacity.

Dr. Khaled Fernainy of AdventHealth says that vaccinated immunocompromised patients can still get very sick with COVID and even end up on a ventilator.

Dr. Raul Pino says there are pockets of the Orlando-area Latino community that still aren't vaccinated for COVID and that access problems include the inability to take time off the job to get the shot.

Mayor Jerry Demings says the decision came after consulting with nearby Lake, Osceola and Seminole counties and representatives of the White House and the state.

Mayor Jerry Demings says he’s activated compliance strike teams to monitor bars and clubs in the community this weekend.

The unit begin responding to calls this week, the sheriff’s office said. The goal is to de-escalate situations, arrive at peaceful resolutions, and limit arrests and Baker Acts.

The county's health director says the order can help lessen the stress on health care workers and assets, such as ICUs and ventilators.

Orange County is seeing a huge spike in hepatitis A cases.