ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida health officials reported a slight increase in coronavirus infections, deaths and hospitalizations on Tuesday after 10 days with an infection rate below 5%.The Florida Department of Health reported 2,470 new positive cases of the virus Tuesday, increasing the state’s total since March to 687,909.The new cases Tuesday are out of nearly 45,000 tests.The update released by the DOH every morning includes how many people have recently died from complications of COVID-19 and how many people have been hospitalized in Florida in the past six months.
On Tuesday, the DOH reported 99 new fatalities from the pandemic. Since March, 13,579 have died in Florida from the virus, that includes 163 non-residents who died here.