Florida exceeds 36K COVID deaths as the positivity rate stays under 5% for 4th day

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The Florida Department of Health and the Agency for Healthcare Administration released the following data Saturday in their reports.

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Statewide

New deaths: 56

Total deaths: 36,056

New cases: 3,319

Total cases: 2,289,522

Total number of hospitalizations: 93,056

Current number of hospitalizations: 2,497

Daily positivity rate: 4.41%

Total number of people to receive a vaccine: 9,538,110

Number of people fully vaccinated: 7,498,801

Volusia County

New deaths: 0

Total deaths: 813

New cases: 76

Total cases: 43,953

Total number of hospitalizations: 2,341

Current number of hospitalizations: 76

Daily positivity rate: 5.66%

Total number of people to receive a vaccine: 227,609

Number of people fully vaccinated: 182,251

Flagler County

New deaths: 0

Total deaths: 110

New cases: 5

Total cases: 7,388

Total number of hospitalizations: 407

Current number of hospitalizations: 13

Daily positivity rate: 2.3%

Total number of people to receive a vaccine: 53,962

Number of people fully vaccinated: 44,323

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Florida exceeds 36K COVID deaths as the positivity rate stays under 5% for 4th day

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