ORLANDO, Fla. — For the second day in a row, Florida reported 13,000 new COVID-19 cases.
The Florida Health Department reported exactly 13,000 new cases on Friday.
Thursday saw 13,148 cases, the largest single-day increase the state has reported since it hit its record of 13,965 new cases on July 16.
The state reported its largest increase in cases on July 12, with 15,300 new cases, but that increase was reported to be inflated due to a data dump.
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The new cases include more than 2,500 in Central Florida alone. Orange County reported the largest increase with almost 800 new cases.
The state’s total death toll from the virus is now 20,690.
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AdventHealth gave an update Friday morning on COVID-19 vaccines and its plans to distribute them in Central Florida.
The hospital said its COVID-19 vaccination rollout is “exceeding expectations.”
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is being administered to frontline workers and nurses at AdventHealth as the FDA considers approval for the Moderna vaccine.
See a county-by-county breakdown of total (and new) cases and deaths below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide.
Orange: CASES: 67,577 (+791) DEATHS: 703 (+6)
Osceola: CASES: 22,593 (+240) DEATHS: 270 (-2)
Seminole: CASES: (+159) DEATHS: 302 (+1)
Polk: CASES: 32,809 (+377) DEATHS: 745 (+6)
Volusia: CASES: 19,569 (+235) DEATHS: 400 (+2)
Brevard: CASES: 18,729 (+218) DEATHS: 494 (+4)
Flagler: CASES: 3,215 (+36) DEATHS: 46 (+1)
Lake: CASES: 13,157 (+191) DEATHS: 283 (+7)
Marion: CASES: 15,647 (+214) DEATHS: 431 (+1)
Sumter: CASES: 4,313 (+92) DEATHS: 109 (0)
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