Florida reported an average of 36,781 new coronavirus cases per day in the week leading up to Friday's Orange Bowl.
Coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines will see his team take on the Georgia Bulldogs at Friday's Orange Bowl at Miami Gardens' Hard Rock Stadium. Masks won't be required at the game, despite Florida's rising COVID case numbers. In this photo, Harbaugh is seen on the field before the Big Ten Football Championship against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 04, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
On January 11, 2021, the Hard Rock Stadium hosted the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship game. At the time, the contest was held in front of an audience capped at 20 percent of normal capacity. Masks were required and tailgating was banned. However, vaccines were not widely available in January 2021, and Orange Bowl organizers believe the environment on Friday should be safe enough to permit normal football viewing activities.the Orange Bowl committee had carefully monitored the COVID-19 situation in Florida in recent weeks before arriving at their final plan to not institute any mandates .
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