COVID-19 Hillsborough County

Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, along with Tampa, are opening a number of new testing sites — including temporary locations in Tampa and Plant City that will be open for the New Year's weekend.

Here is a summary of the Florida Department of Health’s Weekly Situation Report for June 4-10, 2021.

Here is a summary of the Florida Department of Health’s Weekly Situation Report for May 28, 2021, through June 3, 2021.

The positivity rate remained below 5% for a seventh consecutive day, while hospitalizations were at their lowest level since November.

A total of 36,000 Florida residents have died due to complications from COVID-19 as of Friday, state health officials reported.

If the positivity rate consistently stays below 5%, it could indicate that community transmission of the virus is under control. It's still too soon to tell in Florida.

While 89 more people have died due to complications from the virus, the positivity rate remained below 5% for the second consecutive day.

The positivity rate of 5.95% was the lowest since March 26, when it was 5.69%. The state reported an additional 5,464 cases.

New variants of the virus could be contributing to the spike.

Eight people died in Polk County from the coronavirus since Monday.

The state reported fewer than 6,000 new cases of coronavirus for the first time in a week, while the 33 deaths are the lowest total since April 11.

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