Broward School District Dealing With Overcrowded Classrooms & Rising COVID Cases

Miami FL

31 August, 2021

5:26 PM

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By Joan Murray, CBS Miami August 31, 2021 With the delta variant killing people every day, clergy from every faith gathered at First Baptist Church Piney Grove in Lauderdale Lakes on Monday to urge South Floridians to get a COVID shot and wear a mask. "COVID is real. It's killed pastors. It doesn't care if you are a politician or a bus driver," said Rickey Scott of new Hope Baptist Church. More children under 12 in Florida are getting sick. And with public schools in Broward now entering a second full week, the number of COVID cases is rising. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.