Florida Nears Records Set In Summer For Covid Cases; death tolk tops 20,000
Abe Aboraya, WMFE
Florida added 8,334 new COVID-19 cases, according to figures released Monday.
That’s a slight decrease compared to the three prior days, but daily case counts typically drop over the weekend.
Florida has now reported more than 1,134,383 cases, and 20,271 COVID-19 deaths.
Florida is averaging 9,700 new cases per day in the last week, according to data from Johns Hopkins University analyzed by NPR.
That’s a slight increase over the week prior, and a 25 percent increase from two weeks ago.
Florida is approaching the records set over July and August for COVID-19 cases.
As of Monday morning, 4,690 patients were in the hospital statewide with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.
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