As Memorial Day neared, Florida cities were issuing celebratory announcements that local beaches would open for the traditional first weekend of summer.

Five weeks later, as Fourth of July weekend approaches, some of those same cities are declaring beaches off-limits as Florida faces a sustained surge in newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases.

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