Florida surpasses 1.9M total COVID-19 cases since beginning of pandemic

TAMPA (WFLA) – Florida added 5,459 coronavirus cases Saturday to bring the cumulative total to 1,903,682.

New cases reported (1,903,682 total since start of pandemic):

Saturday: 5,459
Friday: 5,922
Thursday: 6,640
Wednesday: 7,128
Tuesday: 5,610

Percent positive:

The Florida Department of Health said it received 115,976 PCR or antigen lab results from across the state on Friday. Of those tests, the state says 7.41% 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: 7.41%
Thursday: 6.74%
Wednesday: 6.86%
Tuesday: 7.55%
Monday: 8.46

Percent positivity:

The percent positivity for new cases was 5.61% 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: 5.61%
Thursday: 5.18%
Wednesday: 5.23%
Tuesday: 5.99%
Monday: 6.50%

New Florida resident fatalities (30,734 total since start of pandemic):

Health officials reported 110 new coronavirus deaths among Florida residents in Saturday’s report, increasing the total number of Floridians killed during the pandemic to 30,734. The total of non-resident deaths is 546.

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: 110
Friday: 146
Thursday: 138
Wednesday: 127
Tuesday: 148

New hospitalizations (79,242 cumulative since pandemic began):