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The Florida Department of Health said 6,772 people tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 45 deaths statewide.

Under the program, FEMA is making up to $9,000 in federal aid is available for COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred after January 20, 2020.

The state reports 6,906 people tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, along with 50 deaths.

Nearly a quarter of the state's new coronavirus cases in the past week were in the greater Tampa Bay region.

The state reported 5,556 new positive coronavirus cases, while the greater Tampa Bay region reported 24 deaths — including 17 in Polk County.

Hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 are at 2,989 as of Monday afternoon, up 124 statewide since the same time a day earlier.

Thursday's positivity rate in Florida was 6.41 percent on 128,590 tests.

More than one-fifth of the state's new cases were from the greater Tampa Bay region, officials said.

In the greater Tampa Bay region, there were 881 new coronavirus cases reported and 23 deaths, including 10 in Polk County and nine in Hillsborough.

The state reported over 29,000 new coronavirus cases this week, about eight percent more than last week.

There's no link between COVID-19 vaccines and death. But a new NPR analysis finds stories implying a connection have gone viral this year at a dramatic rate.

More than 900 people in the greater Tampa Bay region tested positive for the coronavirus since Tuesday.