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Florida health officials report nearly 3,500 new COVID-19 cases

More than 1,700 Florida coronavirus tests damaged

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health reported more than 3,000 new cases Sunday.

Florida health officials reported 3,494 new cases of the virus as well as 17 coronavirus-related deaths across the state.

Sunday’s numbers bring the total number of cases in the state to 97,291 and the death toll to 3,161.

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In Central Florida, health officials reported Seminole County had one coronavirus-related death.

See a county-by-county breakdown of cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide.

Orange: 4,569 (+295 new cases since Saturday)

Osceola: 1,052 (+45 new cases since Saturday)

Seminole: 1,265 (+76 new cases since Saturday)

Volusia: 1,218 (+50 new cases since Saturday)

Brevard: 850 (+33 new cases since Saturday)

Flagler: 226 (+2 new cases since Saturday)

Lake: 733 (+62 new cases since Saturday)

Marion: 395 (+6 new cases since Saturday)

Sumter: 284 (+2 new cases since Saturday)

Polk: 2,042 (+72 new cases since Saturday)

Click here to watch live coverage of how the virus is affecting Central Florida on Channel 9 Eyewitness News.

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Read: Face mask mandate in Orange County: What it means, who’s exempt


Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.

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