Florida reports 73 COVID-19-related deaths, fewer than 5K new cases

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials have released their latest data on COVID-19, and Monday’s numbers showed a significant drop in single day totals for cases and virus-related deaths.

Seventy-three additional deaths were reported on Monday, and the number of new positive cases totaled 4,752.

The number of positive test results reported a day earlier was 7,104, but a string of days prior to Sunday showed the number of daily cases in excess of 9,000.

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And while officials reported 62 COVID-19-related deaths on Sunday, Saturday saw an additional 178 deaths and Friday’s 257 fatalities set a record for statewide deaths reported in a single day.

Health officials said they expected to see lower numbers because Tropical Storm Isaias shut down many of the state-run testing sites.

Channel 9′s Lauren Seabrook is looking into the decline in reported cases and will report what she finds out on Channel 9 Eyewitness News at 4.

Of the 73 latest deaths, 15 were reported in Central Florida, including five in Orange County, three each in Marion and Sumter counties, and one each in Seminole, Osceola, Volusia and Flagler counties.

Florida’s death toll now stands at 7,279.

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The number positive COVID-19 test results in Florida since the pandemic began totals 491,884. The number of negative test results totals 3,260,914.

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

Orange: 29,927 (+228)

Polk: 13,137 (+146)

Osceola: 8,894 (+112)

Seminole: 6,687 (+48)

Brevard: 5,619 (+32)

Volusia: 7,194 (+97)

Flagler: 945 (+15)

Lake: 4,708 (+47)