Florida Reports Massive Single-Day Increase In Cases

June 26, 2020 Coronavirus, Government

Tampa’s CBS News affiliate reports:

The state of Florida has reported record high spikes in the number of new COVID-19 cases for the last couple of weeks, and on Friday it added another 8,942 cases.

That number is now the highest single-day jump in new coronavirus cases in Florida since tracking began in March, eclipsing Wednesday’s previous record of 5,508 new cases, according to data from the Department of Health.

While the number of new cases each day continues to rise, all eyes are also on the percent positivity rate and the number of people being tested each day. As of Friday morning, that rate for new cases is 13.05 percent, an increase from Thursday’s 8.72 percent.

JUST IN: Florida reports massive single-day increase of 9,000 coronavirus caseshttps://t.co/c4pwLI2yG7

— Axios (@axios) June 26, 2020

JUST IN: The Florida Department of Health is reporting 8,942 new cases of Covid-19 today. That's a huge spike and the highest single day reporting of #coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic.

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) June 26, 2020