Daniella Levine Cava

The county’s communications director says regular COVID testing of the county’s wastewater system detected the new variant.

The county has hired Jared Moskowitz, who oversaw Florida’s pandemic response as director of the state’s Division of Emergency Management, as a special adviser.

There are no plans by Miami-Dade’s new mayor, Daniella Levine Cava, for COVID-19 restrictions to return. But she has appointed a new chief medical officer to aid the county's response. The incoming Miami Dade College president is ready to reassess in-person classes if infections spike.