ORLANDO, Fla. – More than 9,300 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Florida on Sunday, accompanied by 78 additional new deaths.
As of Sunday, Florida had 423,855 coronavirus cases, an additional 9,344 cases from the previous day and 5,972 total deaths, according to the Florida Department of Health. Over the weekend, Florida overtook New York State with the second-highest number of cases in the United States, behind only California.
The number of new cases was lower than on other days last week, but the number of cases published on Sundays tends to be lower due to a lack of workers entering data or in laboratories analyzing samples.
The median age of Florida coronavirus patients statewide was 40, the health department said.
Almost 3.4 million Floridians have been tested for the virus. New cases tested over the weekend had a positive rate of 11%, according to the Health Department.
New deaths were reported in Alachua, Broward, Dade, Duval, Escambia, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lake, Marion, Martin, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Seminole, St. Lucie, Volusia and Walton counties
The state health department recorded 781 COVID-19 deaths in the past week for an average of 126 deaths per day on Sunday, slightly less than Saturday’s weekly average of 127 deaths per day.
Florida had 8,951 coronavirus-related hospitalizations as of Sunday.
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