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Florida COVID-19 Cases Near 42,000; Tampa Bay Area Adds 97 Cases

WUSF | By Lisa Peakes

Published May 12, 2020 at 3:42 PM EDT

41,923 people in Florida have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Tampa Bay region added 97 cases Tuesday, including 33 in Pinellas County and 25 in Hillsborough County. — Leon County Judge John Cooper on June 30, 2022, in a screen grab from The Florida Channel.

The Florida Department of Health reports 41,923 people have tested positive for the coronavirus; an increase of 941 people since Monday.

Ninety-seven of the new cases are in the Tampa Bay area. Pinellas County added 33 cases, and in Hillsborough County, there were 25.

Statewide, 1,779 people have died from COVID-19; an increase of 44 since Monday.

Six of the deaths were in the Tampa Bay region:

A 70-year-old woman in Hillsborough County whose travel history or contact with another person with COVID-19 are unknown.
A 70-year-old Hillsborough County woman who had been in contact with another person who tested positive for the coronavirus.
A 67-year-old Hillsborough County woman whose travel history is not known, and for whom there was no indication of whether she had been in contact with another infected person.
A 99-year-old woman in Pinellas County who had been in contact with another person with COVID-19.
A 74-year-old man in Polk County who had contact with another person known to have COVID-19.
An 88-year-old Polk County woman who had been in contact with another person who tested positive for the coronavirus.

Tampa Bay area positive tests as of 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 12:

Hillsborough: 1,473 (1,420 local, 53 non-resident)
Pinellas: 909 (866 local, 43 non-resident)
Manatee: 795 (791 local, 4 non-resident)
Polk: 675 (665 local, 10 non-resident)
Sarasota: 435 (419 local, 16 non-Sarasota resident)
Pasco: 302 (293 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 12: 941 / 44
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

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Florida COVID-19 Cases Near 42,000; Tampa Bay Area Adds 97 Cases

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