- Events before 14 March 2020 -
- South Florida has seen a huge surge in cases within just the last few days, with the City of Miami's Mayor: Francis Suarez, testing positive for COVID-19
- Scores of events have been cancelled, including the Ultra Music Festival, Calle Ocho, the County Fair, and the Miami Beach Pride Festival, amongst others
- All Miami-Dade Public Schools are ordered to close until at least 30 March, as well as the majority of privately run schools and universities, which are switching to online tutoring
- Panic buying has swept the county, with multiple supermarkets running out of stock across most or all of their inventory
- 14 March 2020 -
- Miami Beach announces new restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19, including a ban of large gatherings, the re-opening of Ocean Drive to traffic, and the closure of South Beach for a thorough deep-cleaning
- The Frost Museum of Science is temporarily closing for an unspecified amount of time
- In other news, US President Donald Trump has announced that the UK and Ireland will be included in the Europe-wide travel ban effective Monday 16 March, due to COVID-19 concerns
-15 March 2020-
- 39 new Coronavirus cases were announced in Florida, including 5 new cases in Miami-Dade County. This brings the total number of cases in the State to 107 Florida residents
- Miami-Dade Public Schools will start providing meals to all students starting Monday
- Miami Beach introduces a 23:00 curfew for the city’s entertainment district, and all non-essential businesses in the city will close at 22:00
- Cases jump to 136 Florida residents in less than 24 hours
- All restaurants, clubs and bars in Miami-Dade County must close by 23:00, with capacity in all of the above (plus cinemas) to be cut in half, per orders from Miami-Dade County Mayor: Carlos Gimenez. The order will come into effect tomorrow.
-16 March 2020-
- The Miami Beach curfew begins tonight, and will occur every night from 23:00-05:00 until further notice
- Key Biscayne also has a curfew from 22:00-05:00
-17 March 2020-
- Francis Suarez signs order closing all bars, eat-in restaurants, gyms, nightclubs, cinemas, bowling alleys and music venues in the City of Miami because of the Coronavirus
- Across the state of Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has closed all bars and sit-down restaurants in Florida after 17:00 today. This closure will last for 30 days
- All Miami-Dade schools will be closed until at least 15 April
-18 March 2020-
- Miami-Dade County has an executive order restricting or closing non-essential services and activities, goes into effect 19 March
-19 March 2020-
- Miami-Dade County closes all parks and beaches at 09:00, and all non-essential services must close by 21:00. This essentially puts the County on a de-facto lockdown
-20 March 2020-
- New jobs are available at Walmart and Publix, due to increased demand at supermarkets in Miami because of the Coronavirus
-21 March 2020-
- An executive order has been signed by Miami-Dade County, which forces all hotels and motels within the county to close
- Fares for Miami-Dade Transit will be temporarily suspended as of tomorrow
-22 March 2020-
- All boat ramps and marinas are now closed in Miami-Dade County
-23 March 2020-
- All accommodation must close by tonight in Miami-Dade County
- Miami Beach issues a stay-at-home order, effective tonight
- Key Biscayne bans all non-resident travel
-24 March 2020-
- Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez orders all public spaces to limit their capacity to 10 people
- The City of Miami issues a stay-at-home order from today, effectively placing the city on lockdown. At this time there is no county-wide lockdown.
-25 March 2020-
- Police will begin to enforce the social distancing measures in Miami-Dade County
- Miami-Dade County Mayor: Carlos Gimenez, urges residents to stay at home, essentially meaning a stay-at-home order is in effect in all but name
-26 March 2020-
- Brightline services are suspended indefinitely
- The City of Miami will be under a daily curfew between 22:00 and 05:00, beginning tomorrow night
- Homestead is also under a curfew starting tomorrow night, from 22:00 to 05:00
- Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, issues an order for all residents to stay-at-home (lockdown)
-27 March 2020-
- Miami-Dade Mayor signs an order, that forces all remaining open businesses to practice social distancing
-28 March 2020-
- A text message about social distancing is sent to everyone in Miami (and Florida for that matter)
-29 March 2020-
- Federal social distancing guidelines have been extended until at least 30 April (realistically this will likely last until a COVID-19 vaccine is developed)
-30 March 2020-
- Miami-Dade County forces all pools and gyms in condominiums to close
- Social Distancing will be enforced until at least 15 April, though an earlier comment that this would last until 15 May, has apparently been debunked
-31 March 2020-
- All adult day care centres must close by Friday in all areas of Miami-Dade County
-1 April 2020-
- All flights from Miami to Cuba are suspended as of today due to the Coronavirus
- Social distancing extended until 30 April statewide
-2 April 2020-
- Miami testing sites are now open to people aged 18+ with symptoms
-3 April 2020-
- All adult day care centres will be closing today
- Miami Beach issues an order requiring all employees and customers of essential businesses to cover their mouth and nose with a mask or equivalent, beginning 7 April
-4 April 2020-
- A virtual conference was held by the Miami-Dade County Mayor
-5 April 2020-
- Since today was Palm Sunday, many religious services were held online via social media
-6 April 2020-
- Almost 4,000 cases of Coronavirus in Miami-Dade County
-7 April 2020-
- Effective today, masks must be worn whilst in Miami Beach businesses
-8 April 2020-
- Miami Beach Convention Center will become a temporary hospital with 450 beds
-9 April 2020-
- The City of Miami will now force all employees and customers in businesses to wear masks or face coverings.
-10 April 2020-
- Facial masks must be worn in all public locations where social distancing cannot be maintained within Miami-Dade County
-11 April 2020-
- Cases are around 6,000 in Miami-Dade County
-12 April 2020-
- Cases top 7,000 in Miami-Dade County
No new posts will be made, because everything is now the same in Miami-Dade County.
