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TAMPA, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health says the number of known cases of COVID-19 in the state rose by 6,658 Monday. According to the state's daily update, the total number of cases in Florida is now 999,319.
The number of Florida resident deaths has reached 18,597, an increase of 97 since Sunday's update. In addition, a total of 237 non-Floridians have died in the state.
Locally, Hernando and Pasco counties each reported five new deaths; Polk reported four, while Citrus, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Pinellas each reported three.
Of the 999,319 cases, 983,370 are Florida residents while 15,949 are non-Florida residents currently in the state.
Bay Area COVID-19 cases by the numbers:
- Hillsborough: 58,293
- Pinellas: 33,058
- Sarasota: 13,763
- Manatee: 16,860
- Sumter: 3,467
- Polk: 27,611
- Citrus: 4,753
- Hernando: 5,005
- Pasco: 14,899
- Highlands: 3,780
- DeSoto: 2,411
- Hardee: 1,765
Florida new resident cases in orange; new resident deaths in gray. Note: Deaths usually appear to be trending down because of the delay in confirming the last few days of data. Source: Fla. Dept. of Health.
The state is not reporting a total number of "recovered" coronavirus patients. As of Monday, 4,160 Floridians were currently hospitalized for a primary diagnosis of COVID-19; in total, 54,864 have been hospitalized for treatment at some point.
A total of 8,933,561 residents have been tested in the state as of Monday -- just over a third of the state's population -- according to the Florida Department of Health.
LINK: County-by-county Florida coronavirus cases and ZIP code map
Source: Florida Dept. of Health
The number of new cases had generally been trending down in in the fall, mirroring the number of tests being given. But it has begun to increase again.
The rate of positive new tests has declined from its summertime peak, remaining below 10% for several months, but it has also begun to increase again. It was at 8.40% on Sunday, the most recent date available.
After peaking in July, the number of deaths also began a downward trend in August that continued through October -- though "significant delays" in data reporting, as the state says, make interpreting short-term trends from that statistic less reliable.
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Source: Florida Dept. of Health
PDF: DOH's full county-by-county COVID-19 case report
Editor's note: The number of new cases and deaths reported each day does not necessarily reflect the day that the case was confirmed. The state says some private testing labs dump large batches of test results which include cases from previous days, and data can take days or weeks to validate. Stats for today and previous days will likely change in the future as the state reviews more cases and updates retroactive data.
The state's number of deaths represents permanent Florida residents who have died from COVID-19.
MAP: Florida coronavirus cases by county
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LINK: Florida's COVID-19 website
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