Florida reports 9,194 new COVID-19 positive cases; deaths increase

Jul 14, 2020 12:15 pm

Florida COVID-19

The Florida Department of Health reported 9,194 new cases to the Florida COVID-19 Dashboard, bringing the total positive test count to 290,629 cases as of the July 12th report.

The FDOH also reported 61,212 new tests from Sunday. The positive rate was 15.02% of the total, according to the report.

Here is a breakdown of the new coronavirus cases reported by the state each day for all of July:

July 1: 6,535
July 2: 10,109
July 3: 9,488
July 4: 11,455
July 5: 10,059
July 6: 6,336
July 7: 7,347
July 8: 9,989
July 9: 8,935
July 10: 11,433
July 11: 10,360
July 12: 15,300
July 13: 12,624
July 14: 9,194

Statewide hospitalizations are at 18,881 an increase of 383. The state is now releasing numbers on currently hospitalized patients, the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration dashboard shows 8,190 people are receiving treatment at medical facilities across the state due to COVID-19.

4,409 people have died from the virus in Florida, an increase of 132 over the day before. This is the highest single-day of deaths reported by the DOH since the pandemic began.

Here are the local figures for total positive tests:

Alachua County is at 2258 – up 85 from yesterday.
Gilchrist County is at 156 – up 35 from yesterday
Columbia County is at 624 – up 35 from yesterday.
Levy County is at 273 – up 9 from yesterday.
Bradford County is at 145 – up 1 from yesterday.

In Alachua County towns:

Alachua/LaCrosse/Worthington Springs 124 – up 8 from yesterday.
Archer 41 – up 1 from yesterday.
Hawthorne 22 – up 1 from yesterday.
High Springs 38 – no change from yesterday.
Micanopy 12 – no change from yesterday.
Newberry 94 – up 4 from yesterday.
Waldo 8 – no change from yesterday.