Coronavirus numbers escalate, local events cancelled

As COVID numbers continue to climb, local events are being cancelled.

CHARGES.IN CAPE CORAL, ROCHELLE ALLEYNE,FOX 4.THE DAILY NUMBER OF COVID-19CASES IS RISING ACROSS FLORIDA.FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK...THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHIS REPORTING MORE THAN10-THOUSAND CASES.

FOR ABREAKDOWN OF CASES HERE INSOUTHWEST FLORIDA... HEAD TO FOX4 NOW DOT COM.AN ANNUAL TRADITION HAS BEENCANCELED AS A RESULT OFCOVID-19.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEEDISON FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS HASDECIDED TO CANCEL ITS GRANDPARADE FOR 2021.

THE FESTIVAL,WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORETHAN EIGHT DECADES, BRINGS MORETHAN 250-THOUSAND.

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