Osceola sets single-day record of new COVID-19 cases with 187, state reports 8,530

Osceola County experienced its largest single day number of positive cases with 187 new cases on Sunday’s Florida Department of Health update.

This brings the county’s reported total of COVID-19 cases to 1780, with 190 hospitalizations and 24 corona-virus related deaths.

According to the Florida Department of Health of the tests reported on Sunday, 835 of the  test results were negative and 187 were positive, showing a positive test percentage of 18.3%.

The state reported 8,530 new COVID-19 cases and 29 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday’s FDOH update.

The new cases bring the total in Florida to 141,075 with 3,419 deaths.