FL Dept of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces 14 Deaths Related to COVID-19

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~39,888 positive cases in Florida residents and 1,094 positive cases in non-Florida residents~

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

More than 20,000 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Sunday, May 10. Today, as of 11 a.m., there are 386 new positive COVID-19 cases (374 Florida residents and 12 non-Florida residents) and fourteen deaths related to COVID-19.

While Florida’s testing has increased over the past week, the percent of those testing positive for COVID-19 overall is 7 percent. On May 10, 2 percent of new cases** tested positive.

The Florida Department of Health also releases a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active cases and number of deaths in each facility in order to provide real-time data. The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here. The list of long-term care facilities with deaths in available here. To date, 714 individuals that were staff or residents of a long-term care facility have died.

There are a total of 40,982 Florida cases** with 1,735 deaths related to COVID-19.

Since 11 a.m. on May 10, fourteen people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 in Broward, Collier, Dade, Hendry, Hillsborough, Lee, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pinellas and Volusia counties.

Florida recently partnered with private laboratories around the state to expand COVID-19 laboratory testing capacity. This partnership will increase the number of tests conducted each day and ensure Floridians receive the critical health information they need in a timely manner.

Expansion to private laboratories changes the COVID-19 testing landscape in Florida. Private laboratories are running tests as they receive swab samples from practitioners. Testing and reporting times vary among commercial and DOH laboratories. Demographic information may be updated during investigations. This daily report reflect the state’s efforts to accurately and transparently share information.

More information on a case-by-case basis can also be found here.

Confirmed Cases in Florida Residents 39,888
Confirmed by DOH 4,102
Tested by private labs 35,786
Characteristics of Florida Resident Cases  
FL resident diagnosed & isolated out of state* 9
Deaths 1,735
Cases in Non-Florida Residents 1,094
Confirmed by DOH 128
Tested by private labs 966

 

Total Cases Overview 40,982
Traveled 1,878
Contact with confirmed case 16,507
Travel & contact with confirmed case 1,730
Under Investigation 19,773

For more detail on Florida resident cases, please visit the live DOH Dashboard here.

* Florida residents that are diagnosed with COVID-19 and isolated out of state are not reflected on the Florida map.

**This percentage is the number of people who test positive for the first time divided by all tests, excluding people who have previously tested positive.

***Total cases overview includes positive cases in Florida residents and non-Florida residents tested in Florida.

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