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Florida reports fewer than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases for 6th straight day

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida reported fewer than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases on Friday for the sixth day in a row.

State health officials reported 2,338 cases on Friday.

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Of those, 586 were reported in Central Florida.

That brings the total number of cases in the state since the pandemic began to 2,320,818.

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The state also reported 43 virus-related deaths on Friday.

Of those deaths, 14 were reported in Central Florida.

The latest deaths bring the state’s total virus-related death toll to 37,512.

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See a county-by-county breakdown of total (and new) cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide:

ORANGE: CASES: 142,541 (+171); DEATHS: 1,302 (+2)

OSCEOLA: CASES: 46,052 (+75); DEATHS: 525 (+2)

SEMINOLE: CASES: 35,243 (+56); DEATHS: 512 (+2)

POLK: CASES: 70,908 (+98); DEATHS: 1,378 (+1)

VOLUSIA: CASES: 44,745 (+56); DEATHS: 840 (+2)

BREVARD: CASES: 42,856 (+38); DEATHS: 903 (+1)

FLAGLER: CASES: 7,480 (+13); DEATHS: 112 (0)

LAKE: CASES: 30,960 (+36); DEATHS: 664 (+4)

MARION: CASES: 31,868 (+33); DEATHS: 984 (0)

SUMTER: CASES: 9,487 (+10); DEATHS: 281 (0)

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Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson, WFTV.com

Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.

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