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Hospitalizations from COVID-19 are down, and so is the positivity rate for new cases The positivity rate in Friday's 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 Friday's data reflected the continued trend of improvement. The number of people hospitalized in Florida due to COVID-19 fell to just over 2,000, the lowest since Health News Florida began keeping tabs on state data last summer...

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 lowest since Oct. 24, when it was 3.68%. The Florida Department of Health recorded 3,590 cases on Frid...

/ The Florida Department of Health's 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 death toll from COVID-19 in Florida now stands at 36,257. The number of hospitalizations with a primar...

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 11,189 who were residents or staff at a long-term care facility. The new cases reported Sunday are ...