ORLANDO, Fla. – On Saturday the Florida Department of Health announced 3,573 new cases of the coronavirus in the state.The new cases of the respiratory illness bring the state total to 681,233 since the pandemic was first detected in March.The FDOH reported 62 new deaths Saturday, bringing the state’s death toll from the pandemic to 13,449.
Florida’s death total is comprised of 13,287 residents and 162 non-residents who died in the state from the virus.Recent deaths from COVID-19 across Central Florida made up 8 out of the 62 new fatalities reported across the state.Data from COVID-19 related deaths is often delayed and new deaths can take up to two weeks to report, according to health officials.[TRENDING: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader.