BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2021 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Florida just can’t kick COVID-19. The Florida Department of Health reports another 5700 cases were logged on Wednesday. That’s the highest new case count since April 23rd.
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The state’s positivity rate held at roughly the same level for two days: 5.74 percent on April 27th, and 5.73 percent on April 28th.
Florida has now logged 2,228,212 COVID-19 cases with 35,084 deaths. The hospitalization count is now 90,262 — the number of people hospitalized in Florida over the past year with a “primary diagnosis of COVID-19.”
In Palm Beach County, the total infected number is now 142,829 with 2,767 deaths. At least 6,756 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Palm Beach County. The pediatric positivity rate in PBC is holding at 14.7 percent.
