Florida
reported 11,458 new coronavirus cases on Independence Day, shattering its
record for daily reported cases in the state since the pandemic began.
The
positivity rate for new cases was 14%, slightly lower than the highest reported
rate during the past two weeks. That came June 23, when 16% of new cases tested
positive.
The
single-day record for new cases was last broken on Thursday with over 10,000
testing positive. To date, the state health department has reported a total of
190,052 cases.
Thursday
and Saturday’s record-breaking reports are followed by June 27′s report with
9,585 cases, Friday’s report of 9,488 cases, and 8,942 cases posted on June 26,
according to the department’s data.
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The death
toll is now 3,702, which includes 18 new fatalities reported Saturday. With 101
additional deaths from non-Florida residents, the toll is 3,803.
These
charts from the Florida Department of Health show the percentage of coronavirus
tests which test positive. The first chart includes repeat positive results,
and the second excludes them. The second chart specifically notes the percent
positivity rate for newly reported cases.
Central
Florida now has 31,313 cases, up 2,196 from a day earlier. There are 1,184 new
cases in Orange for a total of 13,262, 246 in Polk for 4,906, 218 in Seminole
for 3,205, 255 in Osceola for 2,781, 108 in Volusia for 2,604, 87 in Brevard
for 2,453, 91 in Lake for 1,694, and seven in Sumter for 408. The region
accounts for 16% of state cases. (See details on all Central Florida cases here).
Two of
the deaths reported Saturday were in Central Florida: an 85-year-old man in
Osceola County, and an 84-year-old man in Brevard County. These fatalities
bring the regional death toll to 327.
Polk
County still has the most coronavirus fatalities in Central Florida with 105,
followed by 59 in Orange, 58 in Volusia, 26 in Osceola, 23 in Lake, 20 in
Seminole, 19 in Brevard and 17 in Sumter.
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