Florida coronavirus: State reports 9,592 new cases, 304 new hospitalizations

TAMPA (WFLA) – The Florida Department of Health reported more than 9,592 new cases on Wednesday.

New cases reported:

Wednesday: 9,592
Tuesday: 7,985
Monday: 7,711
Sunday: 8,436
Saturday: 10,431

Percent positive:

The health department received 124,246 test results from labs across the state on Tuesday. Of the results received, 9.91% were positive. This includes people who have been tested multiple times.

Tuesday: 10.83%
Monday: 9.91%
Sunday: 9.87%
Saturday: 9.91%
Friday: 9.14%

Percent positivity:

The percent positivity for new cases was 8.64% on Tuesday. 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.

Tuesday: 8.64%
Monday: 7.92%
Sunday: 7.64%
Saturday: 7.86%
Friday: 7.32%

Florida Resident Fatalities: 19,462 total

Florida reported 84 new virus fatalities among residents on Wednesday. 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.

Wednesday: 84
Tuesday: 96
Monday: 105
Sunday: 93
Saturday: 90

Hospitalizations (57,210 since pandemic began):