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Pedestrian dies in hit-and-run crash involving white Mercedes-Benz
Read full article: Pedestrian dies in hit-and-run crash involving white Mercedes-BenzDerek Mann said one moment he saw a man looking at products in the Miami Gun Show and the next he was dying on Saturday in Miami-Dade County’s University Park neighborhood.
Coronavirus field hospital at Tamiami Park is ready for 250+ patients
Read full article: Coronavirus field hospital at Tamiami Park is ready for 250+ patientsMIAMI – Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition tents went up just in time for the coronavirus pandemic. A tent that was once designed for livestock was turned into the temporary kitchen for a 252-bed field hospital at Tamiami Park. The field hospital will not be open to the public. Only out-of-capacity hospitals will be able to refer the patient to the field hospital. Rep. Anthony Rodriguez said Emergency Disaster Services, a company based in Kentucky, is under contract to build and run the field hospital.
‘Join me in praying’ temp coronavirus hospital stays closed, Miami-Dade spokesman says
Read full article: ‘Join me in praying’ temp coronavirus hospital stays closed, Miami-Dade spokesman saysThe coronavirus pandemic is also impacting an area of Tamiami Park, west of Coral Gables. Miami-Dade County employees are building a field hospital on Friday under a large tent and they are also setting up a drive-through testing site. “I hope you join me in praying this hospital does not open.”Testing continues at Marlins Park in Miami’s Little Havana. Diasgranado reported 141 drivers showed up to the site at Miami’s Little Havana on Thursday and nurses collected 230 samples for testing. On Thursday night, the coronavirus cases in Florida surpassed 2,400 and Miami-Dade County had the largest cluster in the state with 654 cases, according to the Florida Department of Health’s Thursday evening report.