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- The U.S., with 4 percent of the world’s population, accounts for nearly 25 percent of coronavirus infections—and 22 percent of the deaths. That should not be part of “American exceptionalism.”
- “Eat Out to Help Out”: A British initiative that offers customers 50 percent discounts at restaurants and pubs between Monday and Wednesday in August.
- 30 million: The number of Americans now collecting unemployment benefits.
- Grocery stores are doing better than most enterprises, as Americans increasingly dine at home.
- Florida is one of four states (California, Minnesota, North Dakota) plus the city of Philadelphia that will participate in a COVID-19 vaccine pilot program with the federal government.
- $5.4 billion: Budget deficit facing Florida over the next two years.
- TIA passenger traffic in July was down 68 percent from the previous year.
- Weekly positivity rate averages: Polk County, 10 percent; Hillsborough County, 7 percent; Manatee County, 6 percent; Pasco County, 6 percent; Pinellas County, 5 percent.
- AMC Theatres expects to open two-thirds of its more than 600 U.S. theater locations by Sept. 3—including five in the Tampa Bay area.