Florida coronavirus: State reports 7,486 new cases, 142 new deaths

TAMPA (WFLA) – Florida added 7,486 coronavirus cases Saturday to bring the cumulative total to 1,771,359.

New cases reported (1,771,359 total since start of pandemic):

Saturday: 7,486
Friday: 11,543
Thursday: 7,711
Wednesday: 6,979
Tuesday: 10,533

Percent positive:

The Florida Department of Health said it received 141,056 PCR or antigen lab results from across the state on Friday. Of those tests, the state says 8.66% were positive.

Percent positive includes people who have been tested multiple times for the virus but a person is only counted once each day, even if multiple results are received for them.

Friday: 8.66%
Thursday: 7.07%
Wednesday: 11.32%
Tuesday: 10.07%
Monday: 10.77%

Percent positivity:

The percent positivity for new cases was 6.25% on Friday.

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.

Friday: 6.25%
Thursday: 5.80%
Wednesday: 8.76
Tuesday: 7.77%
Monday: 8.36%

New Florida resident fatalities (27,599 total since start of pandemic):

Health officials reported 142 new coronavirus deaths among Florida residents in Saturday’s report, increasing the total number of Floridians killed during the pandemic to 27,599. The total of non-resident deaths is 459.

The daily report from the health department does not provide the exact date of each death, which means the deaths reported may not be from the past 24 hours. It can sometimes take weeks for fatalities to be logged.

Saturday: 142
Friday: 210
Thursday: 228
Wednesday: 197
Tuesday: 137

New hospitalizations (74,267 cumulative since pandemic began):