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COVID cases near 1.7 million positives in Florida

As of Thursday afternoon, there are 1,687,594 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 11,423 since FDOH’s last update Wednesday. Test results reported to the Department of Health on Wednesday, Jan. 27 resulted in a 7.70% positivity rate among 174,453 tests. The state ...

Officials: Additional COVID vaccine appointments available Friday

Lee County officials announced on Tuesday there would be roughly 2,500 additional COVID-19 vaccine appointments available for this Friday.  Beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, those 65 and older or frontline healthcare workers can call the county’s toll-free number to attempt to schedule an ...

State reports nearly 13,000 new positive COVID cases Thursday

By the Numbers As of Thursday afternoon, there are 1,613,884 total cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Florida, an increase of 12,773 since FDOH's last update Wednesday. Test results reported to the Department of Health on Wednesday, Jan. 20 resulted in a 8.54% positivity rate among 176,768 ...