Florida coronavirus: State reports 8,847 new cases, surpasses 1 million total cases

TAMPA (WFLA) – The state of Florida reported 8,847 coronavirus cases Tuesday and has now surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.

New cases reported:

Tuesday: 8,847
Monday: 6,658
Sunday: 7,364
Saturday: 6,276
Friday: 17,344

Percent positive:

The health department received 111,627 test results from labs across the state on Monday. Of the results received, 10.50% were positive. This includes people who have been tested multiple times.

Monday: 10.50%
Sunday: 11.00%
Saturday: 10.06%
Friday: 8.98%
Thursday: 8.09%

Percent positivity:

The percent positivity for new cases was 8.69% on Monday. 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.

Monday: 8.69%
Sunday: 8.40%
Saturday: 7.85%
Friday: 7.14%
Thursday: 6.20%

Florida Resident Fatalities: 18,679 total

Florida reported 82 new virus fatalities among residents on Monday. 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.

Tuesday: 82
Monday: 97
Sunday: 58
Saturday: 79
Friday: 109

Hospitalizations (55,197 since pandemic began):