The number of newly reported COVID-19 cases in Marion County and the local positivity rate both dropped to the lowest levels recorded since the state switched to a weekly reporting system last June.
Marion County’s COVID-19 positivity rate has inched up to 3%, according to the state’s most recent report.
Marion County reported 165 new cases for the week ending Dec. 2, increasing the community’s cumulative total of COVID-19 infections to 57,460. The 3% positivity rate reported between Nov. 26 and Dec. 2 was up slightly from 2.9% the previous week.
The COVID-19 positivity rate in Marion County dropped below 5% for the first time since late June, according to the most recent state report.
Marion County is reporting 56,558 cumulative cases of COVID-19 as of Oct. 21. This is an increase of 252 cases from the previous week. Of Marion COVID-19 cases from Oct. 15–21, 4.9% tested positive. The daily positivity rate for all new COVID-19 cases in Florida was 3.4%.
Because of a reduction in the demand for COVID-19 testing, Statlab Mobile, a COVID-19 mobile clinical testing service, will no longer offer free drive-through testing at the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park in Ocala. Testing also ended at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala on Oct. 11.
CovidTestFL.Org, a COVID-19 mobile clinical testing service, continues to provide extended-hours testing opportunities in Marion County. Call CovidTestFL.Org at 866-826-8430 for details.