Florida Department of Health Issues Daily Update on COVID-19
~Florida has Sixty-Eight 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 11:30 a.m., there are 2,079 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.
Positive test results:
- Yesterday’s statewide positivity rate for new cases is 6.17 percent.
- Yesterday was the sixty-eighth 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, 6,518 individuals that were staff or residents of a long-term care facility have died.
Overall testing:
- Yesterday, test results for more than 63,400 individuals were reported to DOH.
- As of October 20, 760,389 individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in Florida.