06/26/2020

Florida Confirms Nearly 9,000 Coronavirus Cases in a Single Day

Over the last seven days, the state has reported 29,163 new cases

A record week of surging coronavirus numbers was only heightened on Friday, as state health officials confirmed 8,942 cases, nearly doubling the previous record of cases reported in a single day, two days earlier.

Florida’s Department of Health on Friday morning confirmed the cases, bringing the state total to 122,960. The state also announced at least 39 new deaths, bringing the total of COVID-19 deaths north of 3,360.

Over the last seven days, Florida has reported 29,163 new cases. That’s nearly a quarter of all the confirmed cases in the state so far. The alarming case total came on a day of record testing, but the percentage of tests coming back positive remains elevated beyond the 10 percent threshold recommended by public health experts. On Friday, test results for 71,433 people were reported, and 14.74 percent of those tests came back positive.

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