ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida reported an additional 3,312 COVID-19 cases on Monday.
The new cases bring the total number in the state since the pandemic began to 1,948,307.
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Monday marked the third day in a row that the state reported fewer than 5,000 new cases.
Orange County reported the largest increase in cases with 162.
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On Monday, the state also reported an additional 83 deaths across the state. That brings the total virus-related death toll in the state to 32,349.
The latest increases come as trials of an experimental drug that would fight the COVID-19 virus appear to show the medication stops the virus from replicating in the body, making it the first oral antiviral to do so, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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The drug, called molnupiravir, is being developed by Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and is in pill form.
“We are very pleased to share our initial Phase 2 infectivity data,” Dr. Wendy Painter, chief medical officer of Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, said.
Click here to read more about the ongoing trials.
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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: 116,529 (+162)
Polk: 58,205 (+89)
Osceola: 37,566 (+69)
Volusia: 35,267 (+108)
Brevard: 34,833 (+66)
Marion: 28,108 (+34)
Seminole: 27,844 (+52)
Lake: 25,192 (+36)
Sumter: 8,206 (+14)
Flagler: 6,147 (+12)
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