ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Department of Health officials reported a total of 6,297 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with 1,295 of those cases in Central Florida.
Since the pandemic began, there have been 1,837,285 cases of the virus reported in Florida.
The number of negative COVID-19 tests in the state increased by 25,432, bringing the total number of cases to 8,881,123.
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The state on Tuesday also reported 220 additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the state’s death toll of residents and nonresidents to 29,659.
Of the most recent COVID-19-related deaths, 76 were reported in Central Florida; including 24 in Orange County, 20 in Polk, 14 in Marion, 10 in Osceola, five in Sumter and two each in Brevard and Volusia counties.
Flagler and Seminole counties reported no deaths.
One death originally attributed to Lake County was determined to be a resident of another county, bringing total deaths in that county to 526.
In Volusia County, health officials reported a 216 case decrease from Monday after conducting an “intensive local review” leading to the drop in cases.
See a county-by-county breakdown of total (and new) cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide:
ORANGE CASES: 110,124 (474) DEATHS 1,054 (24)
OSCEOLA CASES: 35,576 (1,470) DEATHS 412 (10)
SEMINOLE CASES: 26,025 (1460) DEATHS 404 (0)
VOLUSIA: CASES: 33,092 (-216) DEATHS 611 (2)
BREVARD CASES: 32,277 (194) DEATHS 706 (2)
FLAGLER CASES: 5,670 (24) DEATHS 85 (0)
LAKE CASES: 23,587 (89) DEATHS 526 (-1)
MARION CASES: 26,546 (155) DEATHS 691 (14)
SUMTER CASES: 7,634 (26) DEATHS 224 (5)
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