But COVID-19 cases are still on the rise in Florida and across the country.

reported more than 66,000 new cases Friday – the nation's largest single-day increase since the start of the outbreak, according to John Hopkins University data.

In the past seven days, the state has added nearly 67,000 cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There are more than 244,000 cases statewide, according to the Florida Department of Health, making the Sunshine State a coronavirus hot spot. .

has surpassed 3.1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19.

More than 134,000 deaths have been confirmed, according to John Hopkins University data.

Trump, who has been criticized by public health officials for not wearing face coverings in public, donned a dark navy blue mask with a gold presidential seal emblazoned on the side during his trip to Walter Reed.

Trump in recent days has softened his opposition to wearing masks, a subject on which he has been excoriated by public health officials who say he should set a better example.

San Bernardino County cancelled about 11,000 previously scheduled COVID-19 tests this week due to a shortage of testing supplies, according to spokesman David Wert, with nearly one-third at high desert testing sites.

The county only hit its testing goal of 3,288 daily tests – that's 150 tests per day per 100,000 residents – five times in the past two weeks, according to data from the county public health department.

"Our state is in a dire situation, and we will continue to mourn the loss of parents, grandparents, children, friends and neighbors until each and every one of us steps up to do what is right, not just for ourselves, but for others," said Joan Duwve, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control's public health director.

As the coronavirus pandemic has engulfed the country, more children are reaching out to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network's National Sexual Assault Hotline, which said this week it's experiencing its highest demand for services in its 26-year history.

From Florida to California, large and small labs running 24/7 can’t process samples quickly enough from millions of Americans tested every week.

That means COVID-19 test results are delayed a week or longer in hotspot communities, undercutting public health efforts to track, isolate and prevent spread.

The number of daily tests reached an all-time high of more than 719,000 on July 3 and averaged nearly 640,000 each day this past week, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.

There's further evidence that COVID-19 is far more than a respiratory disease, according to a review published in the journal Nature on Friday.

The review echoes earlier evidence of a correlation between severe cases of COVID-19 and brain complications.

Since the start of the pandemic, the state has released about 10,000 people, according to the state's Department of Corrections.

Activists have repeatedly called on the governor to address the outbreak at San Quentin prison, where more than 200 staff and more than 1,300 prisoners have active cases, and at least six inmates have died, according to local news reports.

Abbott's order effective July 3 requires face masks in public spaces in counties with 20 or more active COVID-19 cases.

The authors, who published their results in the journal Health Affairs, also found that deaths from causes other than COVID-19 might have increased if hospitals had become overwhelmed; slowing cases saved those lives, as well, they said. 

"These estimates indicate that [stay in place orders] played a key role in flattening the curves not only for cases, but also for deaths and hospitalizations, and eased pressure on hospitals from avoided COVID-19 admissions," the authors conclude

All 50 states had visitors from Florida this week, according to data that 15 million U.S

Cuebiq’s data, which is based on cell phone locations, shows that most interstate visitors from Florida appeared in other parts of the South

New York, Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio all had more than 50,000 visits from Florida residents in the most recent week of data, based on an extrapolation of the cell phone location data

New data on the experimental drug remdesivir confirms it can shorten the course of COVID-19 infections and suggests it also can save lives

Gilead Sciences, Inc., a California pharmaceutical company that makes the drug, revealed data Friday about nearly 400 patients in its late-stage clinical trial. 

Food and Drug Administration, but it has been given emergency use authorization to treat COVID-19 patients