Florida breaks coronavirus record with 59,036 new cases

Florida reported 10,059 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the statewide case total past 200,000.

From Sunday to Sunday, Florida reported 59,036 new cases, the highest amounts in a one-week period since the pandemic began. 312 deaths were also reported and 318,851 tests were administered, the latter breaking another record for the state.

This week’s Sunday to Sunday death count breaks a seven-week period during which Florida saw under 300 fatalities reported. From the week ending April 19 to the week ending May 10, at least 300 weekly deaths were reported.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said this week that the number of people sick enough to require a hospital bed will continue to climb in the immediate future as the level of community transmission of the disease remains too high for comfort.

Nearby Pinellas County has four hospitals with no ICU beds available Sunday, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

The positivity rate for Sunday’s new cases was 15.04%, slightly lower than the highest reported rate during the past two weeks. That came June 23, when about 16% of new tests returned positive results.

The week ending June 28 saw a positivity rate of 11.98% among new cases, according to state health data. The prior week positivity rate was 9.69%.

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