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TAMPA (WFLA) — Florida reported an additional 4,115 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the statewide case count to 790,426.
The resident death toll increased to 16,571 after the state reported 66 new virus fatalities.
New cases reported:
- Wednesday: 4,115
- Tuesday: 4,298
- Monday: 3,377
- Sunday: 2,385
- Saturday: 4,471
- Friday: 3,689
- Thursday: 5,557
Percent positive: 6.49%
The health department received 80,753 test results from labs across the state on Tuesday. Of the results received, 6.49% were positive. This includes people who have been tested multiple times.
- Tuesday: 6.49%
- Monday: 7.78%
- Sunday: 7.65%
- Saturday: 5.98%
- Friday: 4.65%
- Thursday: 4.78%
- Wednesday: 6.97%
Percent positivity: 5.44%
The percent positivity for new cases was 5.44% on Tuesday. Percent positivity for new cases is the number of people who test PCR (nose swabs) or antigen-positive for the first time divided by all the people tested that day. That does not include people who already tested positive once and have been re-tested to see if they’re still infected.
- Tuesday: 5.44%
- Monday: 6.31%
- Sunday: 5.94%
- Saturday: 4.71%
- Friday: 3.68%
- Thursday: 4.00%
- Wednesday: 5.62%
Florida Resident Fatalities: 66
Florida reported 66 new virus fatalities among residents on Wednesday. The report does not mention the exact date of death, therefore the deaths announced may not be from the past 24 hours. It can sometimes take weeks for fatalities to be logged. A total of 16,505 Floridians have died of the virus.
- Wednesday: 66
- Tuesday: 56
- Monday: 20
- Sunday: 12
- Saturday: 77
- Friday: 73
- Thursday: 57
Hospitalizations (48,722 since pandemic began):
- Wednesday: 210
- Tuesday: 231
- Monday: 74
- Sunday: 80
- Saturday: 174
- Friday: 188
- Thursday: 137
Here’s a county-by-county breakdown of cases in the Tampa Bay area:
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Total Cases: 47,330
Deaths: 782
PINELLAS COUNTY
Total Cases: 25,341
Deaths: 818
SARASOTA COUNTY
Total Cases: 9,464
Deaths: 338
MANATEE COUNTY
Total Cases: 13,031
Deaths: 330
PASCO COUNTY
Total Cases: 10,697
Deaths: 238
POLK COUNTY
Total Cases: 22,742
Deaths: 615
HERNANDO COUNTY
Total Cases: 3,654
Deaths: 170
HIGHLANDS COUNTY
Total Cases: 2,619
Deaths: 114
CITRUS COUNTY
Total Cases: 3,196
Deaths: 131
HARDEE COUNTY
Total Cases: 1,589
Deaths: 16
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