Steve Newborn
Steve Newborn is WUSF's assistant news director as well as a reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
He’s been with WUSF since 2001, and has covered events such as President George W. Bush’s speech in Sarasota as the Sept. 11 attacks unfolded; the ongoing drama over whether the feeding tube should be removed from Terri Schiavo; the arrest and terrorism trial of USF professor Sami Al-Arian; how the BP Deepwater Horizon spill affected Florida; and he followed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition through the state - twice.
Before joining WUSF, he covered environmental and Polk County news for the Tampa Tribune and worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center during the early days of the space shuttle.
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The positivity rate came in at 3.75%, the 14th straight day under 5%. Health experts say rates consistently below 5% could indicate community transmission is under control. -
Health experts have said positivity rates consistently below 5% could indicate community transmission is under control. On Monday, the rate was below that mark for the eighth straight day. -
Monday's report showed 2,296 new cases, fewest since mid-April, and a positivity rate of 5.01%, the level where the virus is considered to be slowing its spread. -
The positivity rate reached 5.3 percent in Sunday's state report, although there was a continued slowing in new cases. -
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Florida’s average of new daily cases has declined 11% compared to the previous week and 6% compared to two weeks ago. -
The positivity rate for first-time cases dropped to 6.26%. This is the lowest rate since April 3. -
According to data collected by Johns Hopkins, Florida is averaging 6,756 new cases per day this week. That’s a 17 percent increase from last week’s daily average. -
The state reported fewer than 6,000 new cases of coronavirus for the first time in a week, while the 33 deaths are the lowest total since April 11. -
The state said 1,613 people tested positive since Sunday's report, about one-fifth the daily average number of cases reported during the past week. -
It's the fourth straight day the rate has increased. There were 3,374 new cases reported on 56,848 tests returned, about 45,000 fewer than the two-week daily average.
