Coronavirus in Florida: State reports another 6,336 new cases, 47 more deaths (Monday)

[Mike 03]

WTSP
Author: Chelsea Tatham, 10 Tampa Bay
Published: 10:38 AM EDT July 6, 2020
Updated: 10:42 AM EDT July 6, 2020

The state on Monday reported a total of 206,447 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

After four days of coronavirus cases topping more than 9,000, the Florida Department of Health on Monday reported another 6,336 for July 5.

The health department also reported another 47 Florida residents had died from coronavirus.

Over the weekend, the state surpassed 200,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. As of Monday's report, the state says 206,447 cases have been confirmed in Florida since mid-March.

Florida has now had more confirmed cases than Germany, which has 83.02 million residents -- more than 3.86 times the population of Florida.

Saturday's report of 11,458 new cases for July 3 marked the highest single-day total for positive test results returned since tracking began in March. Saturday's report also coincided with the most total test results being submitted so far with 85,086 results received from labs on July 3.

Read more here: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-case-numbers-florida-july6/67-6962845f-4a7c-44fa-8f7a-af597071123d

[OrlandoDem2]

1. The 7 day rolling average of deaths is slowly trending upward.

I hope the next 2 weeks this turns around.

[Squinch]

2. Bad as that is, I bet it's a 4th of July lowball. We'll have a 15K plus day from them soon.