Florida Department of Health reports 7,104 new COVID-19 cases

The Florida Department of Health reported 7,104 new cases to the Florida COVID-19 Dashboard, bringing the total positive test count to 487,132 cases as of the August 1st report. This is the eighth straight day Florida has reported under 10,000 new cases. 

The FDOH also reported 41,687 new tests from Saturday. The positivity rate was 9.28% of the total, according to the report. Since July 16th, the positivity rate has stayed below 15%.

7,084 people have died from the virus in Florida, an increase of 62.

When the FDOH reports a death in the daily update, the number encompasses several days, with actual days of death occurring weeks prior in some cases. The state maintains a chart of actual days of death on its COVID dashboard showing the deadliest days as July 17 with 134 fatalities, but also more than 100 deaths each day between July 7-23.