COVID-19 updates: Florida reports 2,800 new coronavirus cases, 97 more deaths

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Department of Health officials reported a total of 2,805 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with 681 of those cases in Central Florida.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 2,296,785 cases of the virus reported in Florida.

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The number of negative COVID-19 tests in the state increased by 58,447, bringing the total number of tests to 10,870,821.

The state on Thursday also reported 97 additional COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the state’s death toll of residents and nonresidents to 36,954.

INTERACTIVE MAP: Coronavirus cases in Florida

Of the most recent COVID-19-related deaths, 23 were reported in Central Florida, including eight in Volusia County, seven in Polk County, four in Lake County, three in Brevard County and one in Marion County.

Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Flagler and Sumter counties reported zero deaths.

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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: 14,0873 (199) DEATHS 1,283 (0)

OSCEOLA CASES: 45,511 (+68) DEATHS 518 (0)

SEMINOLE CASES: 34,762 (+58) DEATHS 504 (0)

POLK: CASES: 70,037 (+98) DEATHS 1,352 (+7)

VOLUSIA: CASES: 44,129 (+73) DEATHS 824 (+8)

BREVARD CASES: 42,358 (+64) DEATHS 884 (+3)

FLAGLER CASES: 7,406 (+12) DEATHS 110 (0)

LAKE CASES: 30,402 (+64) DEATHS 645 (+4)

MARION CASES: 31,570 (+30) DEATHS 971 (+1)

SUMTER CASES: 9,364 (+8) DEATHS 278 (0)

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