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Florida’s tally of new claims dropped to 55,106, its fourth straight weekly decline and the lowest number of any week of the pandemic — but still significantly higher than any other week on record.

Despite these improvements, a majority of Floridians remain wary about life returning to normal. Fifty-five percent of residents believe the worst of the coronavirus is still to come, according to a University of South Florida report published Thursday, and 85 percent still support stricter limits on public gatherings.

There remains strong support for the $600 payments to continue in full, said Kyle Herrig, president of Accountable.US, a nonpartisan watchdog group that’s been tracking government spending since the start of the coronavirus. Trump’s plan to cut payments to $300, partially by diverting some funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is “unworkable,” he said.

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