Daily test positivity rate dips as Florida adds 3,406 cases
Florida added 3,406 coronavirus cases Saturday to bring the cumulative total to 2,308,266. With 22 more fatalities, 36,463 Florida residents are now dead.
Florida’s new case rate shows a drop to 96 new infections per 100,000 people from May 13 to 19, according to the latest White House report. The four-county Orlando metro area had 110 new infections per 100,000.
Each report includes deaths from several previous days, as it can take two weeks or more for fatalities to be logged.
As of Saturday’s report, the latest seven-day case count is 18,744, compared with 22,947 in the previous seven days. The latest seven-day death toll is 407, compared with 356 one week earlier.
To date, 95,734 people have been hospitalized in Florida, according to the state’s report, which includes 116 newly reported hospitalizations since
Friday’s update.
Across the state, 2,190 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Saturday at 1:11 p.m. including 152 in Orange County, 57 in Osceola, 40 in Lake and 46 in Seminole. The state’s online tool updates several times throughout the day.
Statewide, 9,963,783 people have received at least one vaccination shot including 7,923,900 who have completed their shot regimens. The count is a snapshot through Friday, based on the report released Saturday.
Of those who have received at least the first dose, 3,806,115 are over the age of 65.
To date, 13,204,501 people have been tested in Florida, 32,255 more than Friday’s total.
Statewide, the latest positivity rate reported Saturday for Friday’s test results by the Florida Department of Health was 3.55%, but that’s for new cases only and excludes anyone who previously tested positive. For all tests, including retests, the positivity rate was 4.69%.
Central Florida added 703 cases Saturday for a total of 419,965: 243 more in Orange for 141,618; 118 more in Polk for 70,419; 70 in Osceola for 45,733; 62 in Volusia for 44,440; 75 in Brevard for 42,640; 73 in Seminole for 35,000; 54 in Lake for 30,676; and 8 in Sumter for 9,439.
There were 3 new deaths across all eight Central Florida counties bringing the region’s toll to 6,329. Polk County has the most coronavirus fatalities in the region with 1,362, followed by 1,292 in Orange, 889 in Brevard, 832 in Volusia, 646 in Lake, 520 in Osceola, 509 in Seminole, and 279 in Sumter.
The virus has infected over 165 million people and has killed over 3.4 million worldwide, according to the Johns Hopkins University & Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center. Nationwide, over 33 million people have been infected and over 588,000 have died.