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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried says the state has logged 27,584 new coronavirus cases today, the highest caseload since the start of the pandemic.

Judge John Cooper has ruled that school districts in Florida should be allowed to pass face mask mandates for K-12 students as needed.

Florida House Democrats including Orlando Rep. Anna Eskamani are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to lift his ban on face mask mandates in K-12 schools.

The superintendent of the school district in the capital of Florida says he's decided to require masks amid an increase in COVID-19 cases fueled by the delta variant.

Central Florida schools are split when it comes to requiring face masks in K-12 classrooms.

12-year-old Lila Hartley wrote her school board in Duval County last week asking them to require face masks ahead of the new school year.

More school districts in Florida are passing opt-out face mask mandates ahead of the first day of school on August 10th.

The news comes after Florida recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a day.

No mask mandate has been decided for OCPS students at this time. Only two districts in the state in Alachua and Duval counties have mandates in place in contradiction to state law.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says there won’t be another round of mask mandates at public schools in Florida ahead of the new school year, even as cases surge in the state.