Coronavirus cases

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings says he’d like to enforce a mask mandate but can't because an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that outlaws local government restrictions.

The positivity rate for new cases statewide was 7.8%, up from 5.2% the previous week.

The most people ever have tested positive for the coronavirus statewide, as well as in the greater Tampa Bay region and three local counties, since Wednesday.

A man from Martin County in his 20s with no history of travel tested positive for the variant, state officials say. The Florida Department of Health is working with the CDC on the investigation.

The Florida Department of Health said 11,015 people statewide tested positive for the coronavirus since Sunday's report.

In the greater Tampa Bay region, 1,344 people tested positive since Tuesday, the highest single-day number of new cases since July 30.

State health officials report 79 people died due to complications from COVID-19 since Wednesday, bringing the statewide death toll to 16,854.

The list of new positive cases of coronavirus in Florida grew by 16 late Thursday, bringing the total in state to 42, according to Florida Department of...