ORLANDO, Fla. – Coronavirus cases have been on a downward trend over the weekend as people prepare to cast their ballots for the primary election.On Sunday, the Florida Department of Health reported 3,779 new COVID-19 cases.
Almost 3,000 less than Saturday’s report.The new cases bring the state’s running total since March to 573,416 cases.The state also announced 107 new fatalities, bringing Florida’s death toll from the virus up to 9,587.
That number includes 9,452 residents and 135 non-residents who died in Florida. New COVID-19 deaths are often delayed in reporting to the state DOH and those new deaths could have occurred within the past few weeks.The positivity rate, which represents the number of people who tested positive for the.