Florida reports 277 coronavirus-related deaths, more than 13,700 new cases on Friday

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health reported 277 new coronavirus-related deaths on Friday.

Of the new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 68 were in Central Florida.

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Orange County reported 36 more virus-related deaths since Thursday. Records show this is the highest single-day total for Orange County.

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Since the start of the pandemic, 25,405 people have died in Florida with COVID-19, records show.

State health officials also added 13,719 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 2,797 people in Central Florida.

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Orange County reported the most new cases in Central Florida with 678.

Since the start of the pandemic, 1,627,603 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Florida.

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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: CASES: 96,848 (+678) - DEATHS: 893 (+36)

Osceola: CASES: 31,734 (+236) - DEATHS: 333 (+1)

Seminole: CASES: 22,757 (+183) - DEATHS: 353 (+7)

Polk: CASES: 47,254 (+399) - DEATHS: 920 (+6)

Volusia: CASES: 28,850 (+561) - DEATHS: 492 (+7)

Brevard: CASES: 27,245 (+270) - DEATHS: 603 (+8)

Flagler: CASES: 4,905 (+58) - DEATHS: 61 (+1)

Lake: CASES: 20,296 (+168) - DEATHS: 392 (-1)

Marion: CASES: 23,050 (+203) - DEATHS: 560 (+2)

Sumter: CASES: 6,646 (+41) - DEATHS: 170 (0)

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