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TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health says the number of known cases of COVID-19 in the state rose 7,788 on Sunday. According to the state’s daily update, the total number of cases in Florida is now 1,721,377.
The number of deaths in Florida has reached 26,479, an increase of 119 since the Saturday update. In addition, a total of 436 non-Floridians died in the state.
Locally, Manatee and Highlands counties report three new deaths and Pinellas County reports one.
Of the 1,721,377 cases, 1,689,700 are Florida residents, while 31,677 are non-Florida residents in the state.
Bay Area COVID-19 cases according to the numbers:
- Hillsborough: 100 764
- Pins: 59 475
- Sarasota: 24,759
- Hippo: 28 589
- Summer: 7 104
- Polk: 50 474
- Citrus: 8 676
- Hernando: 9.948
- Pasco: 29,608
- Highlands: 6,488
- DeSoto: 3 372
- Hardee: 2 583
Source: Florida Department of Health
The state does not report a total number of “recovered” patients with coronavirus. As of Sunday, 6,101 Floridians are currently in the hospital for a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, with a total of 72,294 admitted to the hospital at some point for treatment.
Vaccination efforts continue across the state. On Saturday, 17,574 more patients received their first dose of vaccine in Florida, for a total of 1,364,416. Meanwhile, 5,047 more people received their second and final dose, meaning 314,528 completed both rounds.
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Source: Florida Department of Health
The number of new cases usually decreased in the fall, reflecting the number of tests given. But it started to increase again.
The rate of positive new tests decreased from the summer peak, and it remained below 10% for a few months, but it again reached during the holiday period until 2021. It was 5.54% on Saturday, the most recent date available.
After peaking in July, the number of deaths in August also started a downward trend that continued until November – although “significant delays” in reporting data, as the state says, the interpretation of short-term trends from the statistics are less reliable. The 272 new deaths reported Friday were the largest increase in the single-day pandemic.
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Source: Florida Department of Health
PDF: DOV’s complete COVID-19 case report by country
Editor’s note: The number of new cases and deaths reported each day does not necessarily reflect the day the case was confirmed. The state says some private testing labs dump large amounts of test results that include cases from previous days, and it can take days or weeks to validate data. Statistics for today and past days are likely to change in the future as the state reviews more cases and updates retrospective data.
The number of deaths in the state represents permanent residents of Florida who died from COVID-19.
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