Florida reports 1,500 new COVID-19 cases, 48 additional deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida reported 1,533 new COVID-19 cases across the state Monday.

The new cases bring the total in the state since the pandemic began to 736,024.

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On Monday, the state also reported 48 additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the state’s death toll of residents and nonresidents to 15,600.

Of the most recent COVID-19-related deaths, 10 were reported in Central Florida, including three in Volusia County, two each in Orange, Brevard and Marion counties, and one in Lake County.

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As of Monday, the number of negative COVID-19 tests in the state reached 4,831,259, an increase of 15,219 since Sunday.

On Thursday, the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County said it has one of the highest COVID-19 testing rates in the state.

Don Walker, Brevard County director of communications, said Brevard County’s positivity rate has averaged anywhere between 4% and 12% on a daily basis. Click here to read more.

See a county-by-county breakdown of total (and new) cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide:

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Orange: 42,219 (+114) – 516 deaths (+2)

Osceola: 13,150 (+38) - 174 deaths (0)

Seminole: 9,459 (+19) – 232 deaths (0)

Polk: 21,157 (+39) - 557 deaths (0)

Volusia: 11,532 (+39) – 289 deaths (+3)

Brevard: 9,936 (+23) - 325 deaths (+2)

Flagler: 1,875 (+13) - 32 deaths (0)

Lake: 7,939 (+22) - 206 deaths (+1)

Marion: 10,167 (+15)  - 324 deaths (+2)

Sumter: 2,648 (+4) - 77 deaths (0)

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