Florida Health Department no longer providing daily updates on COVID-19 cases

The Florida Health Department has decided to put an end to daily updates on its COVID-19 dashboard.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Health Department is putting an end to daily updates on its COVID-19 dashboard.

Officials will now report information on a weekly basis.

This comes as the number of vaccinations continues to go up, and positive cases of COVID-19 go down.

According to the health department, Florida’s positivity rate has been below 5% for more than three weeks.

Over 10,000,000 residents have been vaccinated so far, according to the latest numbers released by the state.


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