Coronavirus Testing

People are gathering indoors for the holidays, and there's been an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The federal government says you should test often to try to prevent the spread of the virus.

The Postal Service says it’s already delivered more than 270 million kits as part of the Biden administration’s plan to make testing universal.

Inquiries lead from one federal office to the next, with no clear answers. At one Army Contracting Command, a protocol office employee says that “voicemail has been down for months.”

The Al Lopez Park walk-up site closes on Saturday, and the Al Barnes Park drive-thru site on Feb. 26.

People typically don't report positive results from at-home tests to health officials, so Florida's case totals are likely higher than reported.

The site, along with the other three sites that Hillsborough operates, will offer Antigen rapid tests, which provides results in about three hours, and PCR tests, which provide results in 48 hours.

While Gov. Ron DeSantis said he plans to prioritize elderly and at-risk residents when it comes to COVID-19 tests, his administration acknowledged this week that nearly a million other at-home test kits have expired.

The number of cases reported last week in Florida grew by 298,455, according to data released by the state Department of Health on Friday. That's more than double the number of cases from the previous week.

Friday’s report marks a single-day record for the number of new cases in Florida.

Hospitalizations statewide dropped again, after showing a slight uptick on Monday for the first time in a month.

The number of staffed ICU beds being occupied by COVID-19 patients is under 40 percent.

The state reports 11,547 people with the coronavirus being treated in the state's hospitals on Monday.