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Saturday’s coronavirus updates: 10,000 new cases, 72 new deaths reported in Florida

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health reported 10,577 new COVID-19 cases Saturday.

Of the new cases, 2,236 were reported in Central Florida.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 1,116,973 cases of the virus reported in Florida.

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The state on Saturday also reported 72 additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the state’s death toll of residents and nonresidents to 20,049.

Of the most recent COVID-19-related deaths, 20 were reported in Central Florida, including eight in Marion County, four in Brevard County, two in Lake, Seminole and Osceola counties, and one in each in Orange and Polk counties.

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Flagler, Volusia and Sumter counties reported no deaths.

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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: 63,281 (+759) - 679 (+1)

Osceola: 21,268 (+212) - 268 (+2)

Seminole: 15,175 (+193) - 296 (+2)

Polk: 30,967 (+339) - 722 (+1)

Volusia: 18,419 (+180) - 389 (0)

Brevard: 17,631 (+187) - 477 (+4)

Flagler: 3,024 (+29) - 46 (0)

Lake: 12,136 (+151) - 267 (+2)

Marion: 14,744 (+146) - 421 (+8)

Sumter: 3,987 (+40) - 102 (0)

Stay tuned to Channel 9 Eyewitness News for updates.



Matt Reeser

Matt Reeser, WFTV.com

Matt Reeser joined WFTV in 1998 as a news photographer and has worked for television stations in Kentucky and West Virginia.

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