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New data show declines in the coronavirus statewide to levels not seen since May

FDOH reporting statewide positivity rate of 4.56% (Source: KEYC News Now) By ABC7 Staff | May 18, 2021 at 2:39 PM EDT - Updated May 18 at 2:57 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health says there are 2,791 new cases in its Tuesday update. The new case count brings the state up to 2,298,785 total cases since March 2020. The statewide positivity rate is at 4.56% with Manatee County reporting at 5.06% and Sarasota at 4.18%. There are also 94 new deaths statewide bringing t...

FDOH reports new statewide COVID-19 positivity rate of 5.01% (Source: KEYC News Now) By ABC7 Staff | May 10, 2021 at 3:19 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 3:20 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health says there are 2,296 new cases in its Monday update. That’s a significant drop from Friday’s totals which was over 4,000 new cases. The new case count brings the state up to 2,272,102 total cases since March 2020. The statewide positivity rate is at 5.01% with spikes in Ma...

FDOH reports new statewide COVID-19 positivity rate of 4.7% (Source: KEYC News Now) By ABC7 Staff | May 7, 2021 at 3:39 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 3:39 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health says there are 4,302 new cases in its Friday dashboard update. That brings the total number of cases in the state to 2,262,598. FDOH shows the state positivity rate at 4.7%, with positivity rates of 4.58% and 3.6% in Manatee County and Sarasota County respectively. Here are the la...

State COVID positivity rate at 5.76% in Wednesday update Moderna Vaccine(WALB) Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health is reporting a 5.76% positivity rate, showing a slight dip from yesterday’s numbers. Manatee County and Sarasota county are reporting 6.44% and 4.5% positivity rates respectively. The state is reporting 2,222,546 positive cases since March, with 35,030 deaths. In Wednesday’s report, there are two new reported deaths in Sa...

FDOH update shows statewide COVID positivity rate dips to 6.19% (Source: KEYC News Now) By ABC7 Staff | April 22, 2021 at 4:10 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 4:10 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows the state positivity rate continuing to drop to a 6.19% positivity rate on the Thursday update. In the Suncoast, Manatee and Sarasota reported large drops in the positivity rate to 5.01% and 4.04% respectively. The state is also reporting...

FDOH update shows slight decrease in COVID positivity rate (Source: KEYC News Now) By ABC7 Staff | April 8, 2021 at 3:34 PM EDT - Updated April 8 at 3:34 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows the state positivity rate continuing to fluctuate, dropping slightly to 6.73% on Thursday. In the Suncoast, Manatee and Sarasota are reporting positivity rates of 4.42% and 4.73% respectively. The state is also reporting 7,886 new cases, bringing...

FDOH update shows slight increase in COVID positivity rate (Source: KEYC News Now) By ABC7 Staff | April 7, 2021 at 2:50 PM EDT - Updated April 7 at 2:50 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows the state positivity rate continuing to fluctuate, rising to 6.95% on Wednesday. In the Suncoast, Manatee and Sarasota are reporting positivity rates of 7.57% and 5.01% respectively. The state is also reporting 5,789 new cases, bringing the state...

FDOH update shows no new deaths reported in Sarasota, 1 death in Manatee (Source: KEYC News Now) By ABC7 Staff | April 5, 2021 at 3:00 PM EDT - Updated April 5 at 3:00 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Department of Health’s COVID-19 dashboard shows the state positivity rate continuing to fluctuate, rising to 7.37% on Monday. In the Suncoast, Manatee and Sarasota are reporting positivity rates of 4.34% and 6.38% respectively. The state is also reporting 3,572 new cases since Su...

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