Florida Adds More Than 3,000 New Cases; Positivity Rate Ticks Up
Matthew Peddie, WMFE
The Florida Department of Health reported 3,266 new cases Tuesday, a jump from Monday's report which saw 810 cases added. The cumulative case count is now 704,568, after passing the 700,000 mark on Sunday.
The DOH reported 110 new deaths. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 14,313 people in Florida, including 170 non-residents.
The percent positive rate for new cases in the latest report was 5.01%, compared to 4.22% the day before. Percent positivity for new cases has ranged from 5.85% to 4.04% over the last 14 days. Some 70,893 Florida residents were tested Monday.
The Agency for Health Care Administration listed 2,420 people as hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, an increase from last week.
On Friday 2,138 people were hospitalized with COVID-19. Hospitalizations hit a peak in July with around 9,500 people in hospital with COVID-19.
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The coronavirus pandemic has now killed at least 1 million people worldwide. That's according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University.