Coronavirus Florida

The St. Petersburg MLK Day Parade is going virtual this year due to COVID-19.

The positive cases accounted for 13.18 % of the people being tested for the coronavirus for the first time.

Hernando County recorded a record number of cases: 138. Hillsborough County saw its fourth consecutive day of more than 1,100 new cases.

The average number of daily coronavirus cases in Florida is up 45% compared to a week ago, according to an analysis by NPR.

The most people ever have tested positive for the coronavirus statewide, as well as in the greater Tampa Bay region and three local counties, since Wednesday.

There were 7,391 new positive cases across the state, but with the highest positivity rate in nearly two weeks.

The state did not provide data on Christmas Day.

Across Florida, 4,687 people were hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 on Sunday afternoon. That's up 188 from just one day earlier.

A White House Coronavirus Task Force report about the state of the pandemic in Florida made public Saturday urges state leaders to take immediate action to slow the virus’ spread. Officials should close or severely limit indoor dining, limit capacity at bars and issue stronger policies around mask wearing, the report states.

The Tampa Bay region marked its second highest number of cases in a single week, nearing the peak for weekly cases that came in mid-July.

Sunday's total ended a three-day stretch of more than 10,000 daily cases.

Thursday's report from the Department of Health shows over 9,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus statewide.