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🎧 Music Industry, unite! Today at 2pm there’s a hang for Miami’s music industry professionals. Hop on and connect with like-minded folks. It’s digital (obviously) so share with your industry people all over.

👩‍👧Support mom-owned small businesses. The Mom Economy has long championed changing the way we look at working moms of all kinds. Tomorrow, they’re celebrating Shop Mom Saturday, with digital panels and shopping for a cause, powered by Shopify. Check it out starting at 10 a.m tomorrow.

🗂Answers to all your business-related CARES Acts questions. Mark your calendar for this program diving into the CARES Act and what it means for your business. Join on May 19. 

We’ve compiled all of these COVID-19 bulletin board entries on our website.

We’ve continued to update this list so feel free to share any online events, volunteer opportunities or other ways for folks to get involved while staying safe. Hit reply and let us know or email us with the subject line COVID Bulletin Board. 

Thanks again to our Bulletin Board sponsor, the Miami Dade College Foundation. Head here to support their COVID-19 Student Relief Fund.

📊 By The Numbers — as of Thursday. The state updates its testing numbers here twice daily, late morning and after 6 p.m.

• 28,832 positive cases in the state, up from 26,761 on Thursday
• 960 deaths, up from 893 deaths Thursday
• 267,876 people who’ve been tested don’t have COVID-19
• In Dade and Broward, we’re at 14,671 positives as of Monday
• Here’s a list of long-term care facilities affected by COVID-19 statewide.

💉Testing Updates — Here’s a list of testing sites in Miami, Broward and Monroe counties. Heads up that FIU has opened up a new site at Southwest 107th Ave and 20th Street. The call center opens at 9 a.m. and you must have an appointment to get tested. They’re taking 300 people per day. More information here.

In-home testing in Miami-Dade County is underway and is open to senior citizens and adults living with disabilities.

New news: You can also get retested now at Marlins Park.

Remember, most testing facilities have some kind of prerequisite, be it an appointment or pre-screening. Look your facility up before showing up.

🗣️ Response —

Fisher Island is in the news yet again. While the wealthy residents were getting tested for COVID-19 without having to wait in line, their HOA was applying for federal COVID-19 relief funding. We only know because they sent a letter asking residents if they should take the $2 million they qualify for.

So….should they take it? Publicly traded companies have to return their checks. But what about a neighborhood with an average income of $2.5 million?

Read the story and you decide. (Miami Herald)

🎓Schools — Superintendent Carvalho put out a message for high school seniors, sharing his plans for virtual celebrations to mark the milestone.

Schools will be closed through the end of this school year, but daycares are still open and considered an essential business.

❌ Closures, orders, and cancellations — Here’s a roundup of curfews and mandates that individual cities, towns, and villages in the 305 have ordered for their residents.

✅ Other helpful info — The Herald put together a list of resources for folks seeking unemployment help, child care, and some useful hotlines. Here’s a look at new operating hours for grocery stores, including hours designated for senior citizens to shop. And here are lists of local food spots offering takeout and delivery from the New Times and Infatuation Miami.

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