Makeshift Morgues, Precarious Parking Job, Goat Grappler: FL News

FLORIDA — The controversy continues over mandating masks in schools as Florida reports 17,506 new positive coronavirus cases in the past seven days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Especially worrisome for the parents of school-age students is their vulnerability to the delta variant of the coronavirus. During the past week, the Florida Department of Health reported that 26,475 children under the age of 12 tested positive for the coronavirus for a 19.4 positivity rate while 21,740 children age 12 to 19 tested positive for the virus for a 23.1 percent positivity rate, prompting school officials to close two schools in North Florida.

See these stories and more on this week's Florida Patch sites:

• Parent Angry About Mask Mandate Put School In Lockdown: Police
• 2 North FL School Districts Temporarily Close Because Of COVID-19
• Abandoned and Neglected, Their Days Were Numbered; Now They're Therapy Dogs
• Son Loses Vaccinated Dad With Leukemia To COVID-19: Report
• Everything You Need To Know About The Pfizer Vaccine Approval By The FDA
• Mask Policy ‘Compliant’ With Florida Law, School Board Says
• On Cusp Of Labor Day, FL Ranks 24th In Country For Unemployment
• Country Singer Lee Greenwood To Appear At 9/11 Ceremony
• Increasing COVID-19 Deaths Force AdventHealth To Expand Morgues
• COVID Deaths Increase, Hospitals Reach Morgue Capacity: Report
• Former Tampa Mosque Youth Leader Accused Of Sexually Abusing Boys
• Site Of Tragic Surfside Condo Tower Collapse Hits The Market
• Bad Parking Job Leads To DUI Arrest In Clearwater Beach
• FL Firefighter Rescues Terrified Goat From 30-Foot-Deep Sinkhole