Florida Department of Health Issues Daily Update on COVID-19
~Florida has Sixty-Seven Consecutive Days of New Case Positivity Rate Below 10 Percent~
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health (DOH), in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report each day on COVID-19.
Hospitalizations:
Today, data reported to the Agency for Health Care Administration shows that the number of COVID-19 positive patients that are currently hospitalized is down more than 70 percent since July. As posted on the Agency for Health Care Administration’s hospitalization dashboard at 11 a.m., there are 2,055 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.
Positive test results:
- Yesterday’s statewide positivity rate for new cases is 4.86 percent.
- Yesterday was the sixty-seventh straight day below 10 percent positivity of new cases.
Fatalities by date of passing:
Today, data reported to DOH shows there has been a steady decline in the number of reported Florida resident deaths who were previously diagnosed with COVID-19. The second week of August compared to the second week of September, shows a 74 percent decrease in the average number of reported COVID-19 related deaths.
Florida long-term care facility data:
- The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here.
- The list of long-term care facilities with deaths is available here, which is updated weekly.
- To date, 6,496 individuals that were staff or residents of a long-term care facility have died.
Overall testing:
- Yesterday, test results for more than 39,700 individuals were reported to DOH.
- As of October 19, 756,727 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Florida.