TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Legislature is doing away with some final day traditions and adding new requirements because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lawmakers will undergo health screenings that include a temperature check before voting Thursday on a $93.2 billion budget to send to the governor.

With Florida's number of confirmed infections topping 300, residents across the state are grappling with a new normal that includes working and containing their families at home, or in many cases, no longer having a job to show up for.

Public schools across the state are out through at least April 15 and colleges and universities have sent students home to finish the spring semester remotely. Many houses of worship have cancelled services, bars and nightclubs have been shut down for 30 days, large malls are closing, and many restaurants are offering only reduced seating or take out and delivery service.

On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami became the first member of Congress known to test positive for this coronavirus, announcing that he's been under self-quarantine in the nation's capital and won't return to South Florida because his wife has a pre-existing medical condition.

And after crowds of tourists and kids out of school flocked to Clearwater Beach on Florida's Gulf Coast, officials there announced Wednesday that it too will close, joining many others around Florida that have complied with guidance to avoid public gatherings.

The vast majority of people infected with this novel coronavirus get only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, and recover in about two weeks. But many will need hospitalization — particularly vulnerable are older adults and those with existing health problems who can develop severe complications, including pneumonia.

Mobile hospitals are being set up in Fort Lauderdale, and to Orlando and Ocala in north Florida, state officials announced.

Of the state's 328 cases, 178 are in the populous South Florida counties of Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. Broward had 80 cases, Miami-Dade had 77 and Palm Beach had 21 cases, according to statistics released by the Florida Department of Health on Wednesday.

But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged on Wednesday that state officials can't get a more accurate understanding of the disease's spread unless many more people are tested. Only about 3,700 Floridians have been tested so far.

“We need to do way more tests,” DeSantis said.

He said kits that will allow 625,000 people to be tested have been distributed. But there are not enough swabs to collect samples from mouths and noses. The state has about a million swabs on order, officials said.

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Frisaro reported from Fort Lauderdale. Associated Press reporters Brendan Farrington in Tallahassee, Florida; Terry Spencer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Adriana Gomez Licon and David Fischer in Miami; Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, Florida; Mike Schneider in Orlando, Florida; and photographer Chris O'Meara in Clearwater, Florida, contributed to this report.

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