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Statewide COVID-19 positivity rate skyrockets Testing swabs (Source: Dr. J. Steven Alexander) By ABC7 Staff | December 29, 2020 at 4:56 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 5:26 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The COVID-19 positivity rate in Florida hit 22.75 percent statewide on Tuesday as counties try to plan how they will distribute the vaccines. The Florida Department of Health is reporting 1,292,252 cases since the pandemic started in March. There have been 21,409 deaths statewide. Here are t...

People need to wait? yeah, people need to wait. a lot of the over 80s have been done now. but it is going to be done fairly strictly in terms of age ranges. so the 80 plus front line health care workers, then the 75 plus. then the 70 plus, going down like that. extremely clinically vulnerable people are high on the list. then it will be people who have underlying health conditions, about 8 million people there who are going to be called in the coming months. but yeah, people should wait, they sh...

Florida Department of Health releases its Monday COVID-19 dashboard update In this March 11 file photo, a technician prepares COVID-19 coronavirus patient samples for testing at a laboratory (Source: AP/File) By ABC7 Staff | December 28, 2020 at 2:59 PM EST - Updated December 28 at 2:59 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health is reporting 1,280,177 positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began back in March. 96 more people have died bringing the total deaths of res...

St. Johns County surpassed the 12,000 case mark on Thursday. The Florida Department of Health reported St. Johns Countys total COVID-19 cases went up 185 to reach 12,003. The county has passed 125 cases for the ninth straight day and the seven-day rolling average is up to 162. St. Johns County has added 1,135 cases in the past seven days. The smallest increase this week was 128 on Dec. 20. St. Johns County has had one new death in the past seven days for a total of 109.  Before the winter br...

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: St. Johns County passes 125 cases for 8th straight day Continuing a rough stretch, the Florida Department of Health on Wednesday reported St. Johns Countys total COVID-19 cases went up 159 to reach 11,818. The county has passed 125 cases for the eighth straight day. St. Johns County has added 1,121 cases in the past seven days. St. Johns County’s seven-day rolling average increase for new cases stayed at 160. It was 121 a week ago and 110 two weeks ago. St. Johns County ...

FDOH reports 17,042 new cases in Florida on Saturday’s COVID-19 dashboard Just as we started seeing a way out of the coronavirus pandemic, as COVID-19 vaccines have started arriving, a new strain of the virus appears to be circulating. (Source: WBRC) By ABC7 Staff | December 24, 2020 at 3:39 PM EST - Updated December 26 at 6:34 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health is reporting 17,042 new cases of COVID-19 on it’s latest dashboard update. The number includ...

FDOH reports more than 11,000 new COVID-19 cases in Florida on its Wednesday dashboard COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Infected people have had a wide range of symptoms reported – from mild symptoms to severe illness. (Source: AP) By ABC7 Staff | December 23, 2020 at 4:38 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 4:38 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health is reporting 11,054 new cases of COVID-19 and a 8.62% positivity rate on its Wednesday COVID-19 ...

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: St. Johns County surge continues with 168 new cases A day after setting its third record for new cases in six days on Monday, St. Johns County surpassed 125 cases for the seventh straight day Tuesday. Florida added at least 10,000 for the seventh time in eight days. The Florida Department of Health on Tuesday reported St. Johns Countys total COVID-19 cases went up 168 to reach 11,659. The increase would have set a new high a week ago when the record was 154. Since then, r...

FDOH reports 74 new deaths on its Tuesday COVID-19 dashboard Just as we started seeing a way out of the coronavirus pandemic, as COVID-19 vaccines have started arriving, a new strain of the virus appears to be circulating. (Source: WBRC) By ABC7 Staff | December 22, 2020 at 3:06 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 3:06 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health is reporting 10,271 new cases of COVID-19 and a 8.78% positivity rate on its Tuesday COVID-19 dashboard update. The...

FDOH reports more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in Florida COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Infected people have had a wide range of symptoms reported – from mild symptoms to severe illness. (Source: AP) By ABC7 Staff | December 21, 2020 at 4:07 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 2:55 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health is reporting 10,772 new cases of COVID-19 and a 8.45% positivity rate on its Monday COVID-19 dashboard update. The state is re...