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Florida has more Covid-19 than most countries in the world. These stats show how serious the problem is

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(CNN)What should be a booming tourist destination this time of year is now riddled with coronavirus, dwarfing other states and even entire countries in some metrics.Here's what the situation in Florida looks like: Florida reported its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in one day -- 15,300 on Saturday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That's a -- including New York state earlier in the pandemic. Read MoreIt took the entire United States 59 days to top 15,000 combined cases -- from January 21 to March 20. It also took the entire US more than two months from the start of the outbreak to top 15,000 new cases in a single day. That happened on March 26, when the US had 18,036 new cases in a single day, according to Johns Hopkins data.Australia and South Korea both have more people than Florida, but both countries have seen just a fraction of the Covid-19 cases that Florida has. Australia (population 25 million) has had 9,980 cases of Covid-19, according to data Monday from . South Korea (population 51 million) has had 13,479 coronavirus cases as of Monday. Florida (population 21 million) has had by Monday, according to Johns Hopkins. In other words, Florida's Covid-19 cases has topped Australia's and South Korea's combined -- times 12.At least .A Boeing 747 plane can carry . That means the coronavirus death toll from Florida is about the same as if 10 jumbo jets crashed, killing everyone on board. Six months ago, the world thought this new coronavirus was contained to China -- . But now, the entire country of China has less than 1/3 the total Covid-19 cases that Florida does, according to Johns Hopkins data. As of Monday, China had 85,117 total cases since the pandemic started, compared to Florida's 282,435.Italy came under for its handling of Covid-19 as the disease quickly spread out of control. But after strict government mandates, the country has managed to quell the virus and has. As of Monday, Italy (population 60 million) had 243,230 cases from throughout the pandemic. Florida (population 21 million) has already surpassed that number, at 282,435.Florida's death toll, however, remains lower than Italy's -- 4,277 in Florida, compared to in Italy.If Florida were a country, it would rank No. 9 in the number of Covid-19 cases worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins data Monday.Eight countries have higher counts than Florida: the United States, Brazil, India, Russia, Peru, Chile, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.And , including France, Germany and Japan.

(CNN)What should be a booming tourist destination this time of year is now riddled with coronavirus, dwarfing other states and even entire countries in some metrics.Here's what the situation in Florida looks like: Florida reported its highest number of new Covid-19 cases in one day -- 15,300 on Saturday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That's a -- including New York state earlier in the pandemic. Read MoreIt took the entire United States 59 days to top 15,000 combined cases -- from January 21 to March 20. It also took the entire US more than two months from the start of the...

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