COVID-19 Florida

Florida continues its surge of new COVID-19 cases, as well over 1 million people have tested positive for the virus.

There are nearly 1 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida as of Monday, according to the Florida Department of Health.

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

The positivity rate for first-time COVID-19 tests has been over 7% for the past ten days.

Deaths attributed to the coronavirus on Tuesday totaled 86; roughly double the number from the day before.

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.

The positivity rate for first-time COVID tests was over six percent for the eleventh straight day Thursday.

Monday was the third straight day that statewide hospitalizations due to the virus increased by at least 100. Last week, daily hospitalization increases were largely in the double digits.

The number of coronavirus cases in Florida reached 832,635 on Friday as the state reported another 5,245 people testing positive since Thursday.

New coronavirus infections in Florida shot up Thursday with 6,257 people testing positive since Wednesday - 1,824 more than the day before.

The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus was over 4,000 for the fourth straight day Wednesday.