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JUN 20, 2020 AT 2:16 PM

In Orange County, Mayor Jerry Demings said this week that the number of people sick enough to require a hospital bed will continue to climb in the immediate future as the level of community transmission of the disease remains too high for comfort.

Florida’s weekly reported deaths have been under 300 for seven weeks in a row. From the week ending April 19 to the week ending May 10, reported deaths were 300 or over. The decline is based on data provided by the Florida Department of Health.

However, deaths per day in Florida are up about 30% from two weeks ago.

The state’s deadliest day remains May 8 with 51 fatalities, according to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center. The day of reporting a death and the day a person passed away are not the same.

Most deaths in the state were people aged 65 and up, according to the state health department's data.

To date, 15,735 Florida residents have been hospitalized, 262 more than a day earlier. 19% of hospitalizations come from the 65-74 age group.

Over 2.1 million people have been tested in Florida, with 65,271 more tests reported Saturday compared with the previous day.

The daily median age for positive cases in the past two weeks ranges between 33 and 37.

21% of cases among Florida residents come from the 25-34 age group, according to the health department’s latest data, followed by the 15-24 and 25-44 age groups making up 16% of cases, and 45-54 at 15%.

A detailed breakdown of Florida’s coronavirus cases can be found here.

The virus has infected over 11 million people and has killed over 524,000 worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center.

With more than 129,000 deaths, the U.S. has the most fatalities by far, followed by Brazil with over 61,000, the United Kingdom with over 44,000, Italy with over 34,000, France and Mexico with over 29,000 each, and Spain with over 28,000.

Within the U.S., New York has the most deaths with over 32,000, followed by New Jersey with over 15,000.

In April, the U.S. peaked at nearly 2,300 deaths in one day. Since then, though the death count keeps rising, the number of total weekly reported deaths due to COVID-19 has been declining, according to the Centers for Disease Control.