Florida Could Become the br Next COVID-19 Epicenter, br Model Shows A team of scientists at Children’s Hospital br of Philadelphia and the University of br Pennsylvania say the state has br “all the markings of the next large epicenter.” CNN reported the team br also added that the state br is at risk of being the br “worst it has ever been.” Florida recorded its highest br single day jump in coronavirus infections on br Monday, with nearly 2,800 new cases. The state has tallied br 82,719 total COVID-19 br cases and 3,018 deaths. 21 states are seeing an upward trend in br new cases, with several seeing record-high seven-day averages of new cases per day.