Three more Manatee County residents die from COVID-19, while 143 test positive

Another 143 Manatee County residents have tested positive for COVID-19, and three more have died from complications of the virus, according to the latest data from Florida Department of Health on Sunday.

Sunday’s update from the state health department included two days’ worth of new data. Since March, the health department has provided daily updates on the number of new COVID-19 cases, deaths and other data points for the state. However, the health department said that it was unable to provide an update on Saturday due to a reporting issue with a private lab. The lab resubmitted over 400,000 previously reported test results on Friday night, according to the health department, which created a backlog in processing.

The three new deaths reported Sunday brought Manatee County’s official death toll to 303 residents. The addition of new cases brought Manatee County’s cumulative number of cases since the outbreak began to 12,143.

During the last week of testing in Manatee County, an average of 4.6% of tests were new positives, according to health department data. During the week prior, an average of 5.2% of tests were new positives. The county’s overall positivity rate remains at around 10.8%.

There were 5,570 new cases confirmed statewide on Sunday. The number of Florida resident deaths from COVID-19 rose by 178 to 15,364. The non-resident death toll rose by two, from 186 to 188. Florida has recorded the most deaths from COVID-19 of any state in the U.S. over the last week, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and has the fifth-highest overall death toll in the pandemic.

Florida ranks third in the U.S. for the total number of reported COVID-19 cases, according to the CDC, and fourth in the U.S. for the number of cases per 100,000 people. Cases per 100,000 people in Florida were at 3,380 as of Saturday.

Manatee County from Saturday to Sunday:

• Cases increased from 11,999 to 12,143. (377 new cases were reported over the past week.)
  
  
• The death toll increased from 300 to 303. (Eight new deaths were reported over the last week.)
• Hospitalizations since the outbreak were at 837 residents and eight non-residents.
• The number of males infected is 5,598 compared to 6,290 females and 126 unidentified.

• The total number of tests administered is 112,294. (3,249 tests were recorded over the last week.)

• The county’s positivity rate was 10.81%. That compares to 10.79% last week, 10.76% two weeks ago, 10.78% three weeks ago and 10.8% a month ago.
  
  
• 861 cases (7% of all cases) and 133 deaths were among residents and staff of long-term care facilities in Manatee.
  
  

• 34 cases have been reported at Manatee County correctional facilities.

Florida from Saturday to Sunday:

• Cases increased from 728,921 to 734,491, including 9,076 non-residents.
  
  
• The death toll increased from 15,186 to 15,364 residents. Non-resident deaths increased from 186 to 188.
  
  
• Florida’s overall positivity rate was 13.22%.

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