Alachua County reports 1 COVID-19 death Sunday
Alachua County reported one additional COVID-19-related death Sunday — a person who was not affiliated with long-term care.
Local virus fatalities are now at 262, including 77 affiliated with long-term care. The residents include at least 111 men and 107 women.
The county also added 35 new virus cases Sunday, for a total case count of 23,879.
The two-week positivity rate for new cases is 3.2%. That rate has been rising slightly over the past few weeks.
Sunday afternoon, 50 patients at Alachua County hospitals had a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 — a decrease since last week, according to data from Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration. Hospitals had about 19.5% available capacity, and overall bed availability has remained stable for the past month.