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Florida reports 6,000 new positive COVID-19 cases, 22 new deaths

Data also shows 63 new hospitalizations

Alek Aranyos, Bio Scientist III; Mark Brantly, MD, Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine, Alpha-1 Foundation Research Professor (Jesse S. Jones, Courtesy of University of Florida Health)

Below is information provided by the Florida Department of Health for Sunday, Nov. 8.


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Cases

The Florida Department of Health reported 6,820 new cases on Sunday, bringing the state’s overall total to 843,897 cases since March.

Deaths

The Florida Department of Health on Sunday reported 22 people have recently died from COVID-19. As of Sunday’s coronavirus report, a total of 17,333 deaths across the state have been related to the coronavirus, a number that includes 212 non-resident deaths in Florida.

State health officials have always maintained that virus fatalities are often delayed in being reported to the FDOH, with some deaths not reported for a month or more.

Hospitalizations

Currently, there are 2,777 people with the virus hospitalized in Florida, according to the state Agency for Health Care Administration.

The state reported 63 new hospitalizations on Sunday, meaning the state has seen a total of 50,489 patients admitted to a hospital since March in relation to COVID-19.

Positivity Rate

The percent of positive results ranged from 4.91% to 8.27% over the past two weeks and was 6.23% Saturday.

Below is a breakdown of the coronavirus numbers across the 10-county Central Florida region for Sunday, Nov. 8:

CountyCasesNew CasesHospitalizationsNew HospitalizationsDeathsNew Deaths
Brevard12,6801081,05803921
Flagler2,286241730400
Lake9,1956375112350
Marion11,313331,09303621
Orange48,7291331,64425910
Osceola15,10617185912110
Polk24,1291632,52656380
Seminole10,9387877012500
Sumter3,086162980880
Volusia13,6539699813290

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