Florida added 21,208 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, according to CDC data

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida on Tuesday reported 21,208 new cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths related to the virus, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This is in line with the state’s 7-day moving average, which has surpassed 21,000 new cases a day over the past two weeks.

The U.S. 7-day moving average is 124,383 new cases a day, which means Florida is 17%.

Florida has now verified 3,103,941 cases of COVID-19 and 42,722 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

The latest data comes from numbers sent to CDC by the Florida Department of Health. The state only publishes a comprehensive COVID-19 report once a week on Friday.

Last Friday’s report showed that the positivity rate of new cases statewide had reached 19.8%, the ninth consecutive week of increases in that metric.

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Of the 150,118 new cases of COVID-19 reported from August 13 to 19, 20,331 were from children under 12, a worrying trend as schools return to the session.

According to the Florida Hospital Association, on Tuesday 16,820 people are hospitalized statewide with COVID-19.