New statistics from the Florida Department of Health show 40,982 people have tested positive for the coronavirus; 386 more cases than reported Sunday.
Sixty-five of the new cases were reported in the Tampa Bay region.
Statewide, 1,735 people have died due to COVID-19.
Health officials Monday reported a daily increase of 14 deaths, including two in the Tampa Bay area.
One of them was an 87-year-old woman from Hillsborough County whose travel history or contact with another infected person are unknown.
The second was a 91-year-old Pinellas County man who had been in contact with another person known to have COVID-19.
Tampa Bay area positive tests as of 11 a.m. Monday, May 11:
- Hillsborough: 1,448 (1,396 local, 52 non-resident)
- Pinellas: 876 (833 local, 43 non-resident)
- Manatee: 783 (779 local, 4 non-resident)
- Polk: 655 (645 local, 10 non-resident)
- Sarasota: 430 (414 local, 16 non-Sarasota resident)
- Pasco: 300 (291 local, 9 non-Pasco resident)
- Hernando: 101 (95 local, 6 non-Hernando resident)
Florida COVID-19 daily total of positive tests/deaths for the last two weeks:
- May 11: 386 / 14
- May 10: 595 / 6
- May 9: 802 / 46
- May 8: 371 / 69
- May 7: 826 / 61
- May 6: 563 / 68
- May 5: 542 / 72
- May 4: 819 / 20
- May 3: 615 / 15
- May 2: 735 / 50
- May 1: 1,038 / 46
- April 30: 497 / 50
- April 29: 347 / 47
- April 28: 708 / 83
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