COVID-19 Death Toll passes 15,000
Matthew Peddie, WMFE
Florida added 2,582 new coronavirus cases and 139 new deaths Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll has reached 15,084, with 722,707 cases overall.
The percent positivity for new cases Wednesday was 4.15%, dropping from Tuesday’s percent positivity of 5.25%. Tuesday's percent positivity was the highest it's been in the last 14 days.
The Agency for Health Care Administration reported 2,121 people hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 Wednesday.
Hospitalizations have been in the low 2,000s over the last few weeks.
Orange and Osceola County each reported four new deaths Wednesday. Orange County, which has the most cases of any county in Central Florida, has now seen 41,409 coronavirus cases and 491 deaths from COVID-19.
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