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More than 10K new COVID-19 cases reported in Florida as state death toll surpasses 5K

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health reported more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases Saturday as the state surpassed 5,000 total coronavirus-related deaths.

On Saturday, health officials reported 90 deaths. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths is 5,002.

The latest local deaths include 14 in Orange County, 12 in Polk County, eight in Marion County, three in Brevard County, one in Sumter County, one in Volusia County and one in Lake County.

Read: Orange County’s coronavirus death toll tops 100, but data shows some happened days, weeks before being reported

The state also reported an additional 10,328 new cases of the virus, bringing the total number of cases statewide to 337,569.

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As of Saturday, state health officials reported that 20,632 people are hospitalized with the virus, an increase of 441 from the day before.

So far in the state, health officials reported that nearly 2.6 million tests have come back negative, including another 40,892 on Saturday.

Read: Which stores in Central Florida require face masks?

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

Orange: 22,518 (+469)

Seminole: 5,150 (+120)

Volusia: 4,959 (+191)

Brevard: 4,060 (+115)

Osceola: 5,725 (+169)

Lake: 3,206 (+67)

Sumter: 787 (+17)

Marion: 2,259 (+103)

Flagler: 612 (+12)

Polk: 9,030 (+258)

Click here to find out where to find COVID-19 testing in Central Florida.

INTERACTIVE MAP: Coronavirus cases in Florida

Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to give an update on the coronavirus pandemic at Flagler Hospital Saturday afternoon.

Read: Gov. DeSantis to speak at Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine

He will speak at about 12:30 p.m. Click here to watch.

Katlyn Brieskorn

Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.

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