ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida reported an additional 219 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, including more than 20 in one Central Florida county alone.
Polk County saw a spike in deaths, with 27 reported since Monday. The other deaths reported locally included six in Seminole County; three each in Lake, Marion and Brevard counties; two each in Osceola and Volusia counties, and one each in Orange and Sumter counties.
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On Tuesday, Florida also reported an increase of 3,838 new cases, an increase from the day before when the state reported its lowest number of new cases since mid-June.
As of Tuesday, the state had reported a total of 579,932 cases of the virus and 9,893 deaths. Of those deaths, 9,758 were Florida residents.
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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: 33,709 (+223)
Osceola: 10,424 (+51)
Seminole: 7,530 (+38)
Polk: 15,607 (+101)
Volusia: 8,543 (+61)
Brevard: 6,614 (+76)
Flagler: 1,170 (+7)
Lake: 5,698 (+48)
Marion: 7,448 (+129)
Sumter: 1,586 (+28)
Click here to find out where to find COVID-19 testing in Central Florida.
Stay tuned to Channel 9 Eyewitness News for updates.
INTERACTIVE MAP: Coronavirus cases in Florida
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