COVID-19 Deaths Florida

While the latest surge seems to be slowing down, recent data shows that at least 79,573 residents have died with COVID and more than 7 million cases have been reported.

The number has risen over the last two months due to spread of subvariants of the coronavirus. The state has topped 60,000 new cases every week since the week of May 13-19.

The CDC's running total for Florida was updated Monday to show 6,021,780 cases. Over the past week, the state has averaged approximately 8,055 new cases a day.

The state reported at 74,060 residents had died as of a Thursday count, up from 73,830 reported two weeks earlier.

The state reported 888 new deaths from COVID-19 in the week ending Thursday. That comes after four straight weeks where new deaths surpassed 1,100.

The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continues to drop, but the number of deaths recorded remains stubbornly high.

The Florida Department of Health said 6,772 people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 45 deaths statewide.

Since Tuesday's report, 13,871 people tested positive for the coronavirus — the most cases reported in a single day since July 16. But the positivity rate fell to 8.72% because of a large number of tests.

Thursday's report from the Department of Health shows over 9,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus statewide.

Coronavirus continues its steady upward climb in Florida. With nearly 38,000 new cases this week, the state has added about 5,000 more new cases each week since mid-October.

Florida sees its highest number of new coronavirus cases at 5,592 since Sept. 1, which saw 7,569 cases.

Florida health officials reported 144 deaths since Wednesday's report and more than 3,350 new infections statewide.