ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida health officials reported 1,371 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday as well as 36 more deaths.
The latest numbers include 93 new cases and one additional death from the coronavirus in Orange County.
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One other death in Central Florida was reported in Polk County.
The latest numbers bring the total number of cases in the state to 67,371 with 2,801 reported deaths.
Cases of COVID-19 have been slowly on the rise in Orange County, but Dr. Raul Pino, the Orange County health officer, said he’s not worried about it because there are a few contributing factors, including increased testing.
Pino said antibody testing numbers were included in the new daily case numbers, but later said he misspoke and that was not the case.
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Click here to read more about the county’s new approach to testing.
See the latest case numbers by county below:
Orange: 2,542 (+93)
Osceola: 770 (+8)
Seminole: 585 (+29)
Volusia: 849 (+12)
Brevard: 484 (+13)
Flagler: 200 (+5)
Lake: 342 (+3)
Marion: 286 (+2)
Sumter: 265 (+1)
Polk: 1,287 (+44)
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