Hospitalizations from COVID-19 are down, and so is the positivity rate for new cases
The positivity rate in Friday s report fell to 3.06%, the lowest since Health News Florida began tracking data daily in July. No state updates were issued over the three-day weekend.
The Florida Department of Health did not publish COVID-19 reports over the Memorial Day weekend, but Friday s data reflected the continued trend of improvement.
The number of people hospitalized in Florida due to COVID-19 fell to just over 2,000, the lowest since Health News Florida began keeping tabs on state data last summer.
As of Friday afternoon, there were 2,002 people hospitalized in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration. That s almost one-fifth of the approximately 9,500 people hospitalized in mid-July, when cases of coronavirus were spiking in Florida.
/ The Florida Department of Health daily coronavirus dashboard shows 36,000 residents and have died along with 719 non-residents.
A total of 36,000 Florida residents have died due to complications from COVID-19 as of Friday, state health officials reported.
The positivity rate for new coronavirus cases in Florida fell to 4.15% Friday, down from around 6% earlier this month out of 104,141 tests received.
This is the third consecutive day the positivity rate dropped, and the percentage is the lowest since Oct. 24, when it was 3.68%.
The Florida Department of Health recorded 3,590 cases on Friday, along with 71 deaths 10 in the greater Tampa Bay region. This brings the statewide total number of cases to 2,286,203.
/ The Florida Department of Health s daily coronavirus dashboard shows more than 36,000 total deaths statewide.
The Florida Department of Health reported a positivity rate of 4.99 percent, the lowest since March 12.
The positivity rate for new coronavirus cases in Florida fell just below five percent on Thursday, its lowest point in almost two months.
A total of 4,504 new cases statewide were reported by the Florida Department of Health, along with 73 more deaths from COVID-19.
The overall death toll from COVID-19 in Florida now stands at 36,257.
The number of hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 statewide dropped below three thousand for the first time since April 5.
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