Florida reports 4,100 new COVID-19 cases as Florida resident death toll tops 30,000

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida reported an additional 4,151 COVID-19 cases on Monday.

The cases include 858 cases in Central Florida.

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The new cases bring the total number of COVID-19 cases reported in the state since the pandemic began to a total of 1,872,923.

On Monday, Florida health officials also reported an additional 161 virus-related deaths.

Those deaths brought the state’s total death toll from the virus to 30,595. Of those, 30,065 deaths were Florida residents.

Of the latest deaths, 41 were reported in Central Florida. Marion County saw the largest increase with 14 additional deaths reported Monday.

Nationwide the death toll from the virus in the U.S. is expected to top 500,000 on Monday.

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A drop in reported cases of the COVID-19 virus will likely continue, said Dr. Scott Gotlieb, the former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Gottlieb, speaking on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, said the decline in cases of those infected with the virus should continue because so many people have already contracted COVID-19 or are getting the coronavirus vaccine.

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“I think we’re going to continue to see infection rates decline into the spring and the summer,” Gottlieb said. “Right now, they’re falling quite dramatically. I think these trends are likely to continue.”

The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the United States has reached more than 28 million, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center.

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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: 112,161 (+275) – DEATHS: 1,072 (+1)

Polk: CASES: 55,986 (+125) – DEATHS: 1,108 (+1)

Osceola: CASES: 36,168 (+109) - DEATHS: 432 (+7)

Volusia: CASES: 33,861 (+71) - DEATHS: 635 (+1)

Brevard: CASES: 33,106 (+99) - DEATHS: 728 (0)

Marion: CASES: 27,084 (+51) - DEATHS: 755 (+14)

Seminole: CASES: 26,674 (+58) - DEATHS: 418 (+7)

Lake: CASES: 24,030 (+52) - DEATHS: 544 (+3)

Sumter: CASES: 7.774 (+6) - DEATHS: 233 (+7)

Flagler: CASES: 5,795 (+12) - DEATHS: 87 (0)