ORLANDO, Fla. — The day after Florida broke its daily record for the number of newly reported COVID-19 cases, it broke the record again, this time by more than 600.
Florida health officials reported 3,822 new cases of the virus on Friday as well as 43 death across the state.
Of those deaths, six happened locally in Central Florida including two each in Volusia and Marion counties, and one each in Osceola and Polk counties.
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Friday’s numbers bring the total number of cases in the state to 89,748 and the death toll to 3,104.
See a county-by-county breakdown of cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide.
Orange: 4,274 (+374)
Osceola: 960 (+34)
Seminole: 1,101 (+125)
Volusia: 1,117 (+60)
Brevard: 748 (+60)
Flagler: 216 (0)
Lake: 646 (+63)
Marion: 365 (+20)
Sumter: 277 (+7)
Polk: 1,856 (+154)
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Despite the growing numbers, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday that he does not have plans to put a statewide mask mandate in place.
Instead, he said he’ll let individual counties make the decision whether to put mask policies in effect and continue to do public service announcements to remind people that they need to social distance and follow the CDC guidelines.
He said many of the people who test positive have no symptoms. Many in recent days are also younger, much younger than the state has seen before.
In Orange County, the median age of those testing positive for the virus is 29 and Seminole County it is 26.
“Now I think what you are seeing particularly in Tampa Bay and Central Florida is these are more community cases with younger people,” DeSantis said.
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