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Hospitalizations from COVID-19 are down, and so is the positivity rate for new cases The positivity rate in Fridays report fell to 3.06%, the lowest since Health News Florida began tracking data daily in July. No state updates were issued over the three-day weekend. The Florida Department of Health did not publish COVID-19 reports over the Memorial Day weekend, but Fridays data reflected the continued trend of improvement. The number of people hospitalized in Florida due to COVID-19 fell to ...

The positivity rate for new cases also fell to 3.06%, the lowest it's been since WUSF and Health News Florida began tracking the data daily in July.

/ The Florida Department of Health daily coronavirus dashboard shows 36,000 residents and have died along with 719 non-residents. A total of 36,000 Florida residents have died due to complications from COVID-19 as of Friday, state health officials reported. The positivity rate for new coronavirus cases in Florida fell to 4.15% Friday, down from around 6% earlier this month out of 104,141 tests received. This is the third consecutive day the positivity rate dropped, and the percentage is the lo...

/ The Florida Department of Healths daily coronavirus dashboard shows more than 36,000 total deaths statewide. The Florida Department of Health reported a positivity rate of 4.99 percent, the lowest since March 12. The positivity rate for new coronavirus cases in Florida fell just below five percent on Thursday, its lowest point in almost two months. A total of 4,504 new cases statewide were reported by the Florida Department of Health, along with 73 more deaths from COVID-19. The overall dea...

The rate of cases testing positive for the first time was 8.68% on Sunday. It was the third time in a week the percentage of positive cases surpassed 8 percent. Another 6,834 people tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 2,168,901, according to data released by the Florida Department of Health, Two days after the state passed 35,000 deaths related to COVID-19, there were another 35 deaths reported on Sunday. The total is 35,109. That includes...

/ The newest daily report is based on nearly 112,000 coronavirus tests. The rate of cases testing positive for the first time was 6.88%. Florida announced another 6,323 people tested positive for COVID-19 and the deaths of 74 more residents from complications related to the virus on Saturday. It comes as the number of people in the state who are completely vaccinated from COVID-19 passed the 5 million mark, according to data released Saturday by the Florida Department of Health. Of the 5,012,3...

/ A total of 8,943 new cases were reported in Florida over the weekend, as were 116 new deaths related to COVID-19. Another 3,699 people tested positive for coronavirus in Florida since Saturday, according to the state Department of Health. A total of 8,943 new cases were reported in Florida over the weekend, as were 116 new deaths related to COVID-19. The weekend reports reflect a continuing decline in the number of new cases. Sundays daily case count brought the statewide total of coronaviru...

The Florida Department of Healths coronavirus dashboard shows 28,048 state residents have died from COVID-19. The number of people tested across Florida surpassed 121,000 on Tuesday, a jump of more than 29,000 since Monday, according to the Florida Department of Health. Florida reported that another 7,023 people tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday, marking the fourth day in a row the state reported fewer than 7,500 cases. An additional 239 people died due to COVID-19 since Mondays repo...

Greater Tampa Bay Region: Positive Tests – 1,326 | Deaths - 37 Daily Testing (statewide): ABOUT THE DATA: The Florida Department of Health produces a daily update around 11 a.m. with information about COVID-19 cases and deaths that were reported over the previous 24 hours. Cases and deaths in the report may have happened days or weeks earlier, according to state officials. The state separately tracks cases and deaths that occurred on specific days on its dashboard and those totals are freque...

Of the 141,056 coronavirus tests recorded Saturday, 8.66% were positive.