jganser/iStockBy ELLA TORRES, ABC NEWS
(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida continued to set record-breaking numbers of COVID-19 cases, with an additional 4,049 new cases reported Saturday.There were an additional 40 Florida resident deaths related to COVID-19, according to the state’s Department of Health.There are now a total of 93,797 Florida cases with 3,144 deaths related to COVID-19, the Department of Health reported.On Friday, Florida reported what was then its record-high one-day increase of 3,822 cases.The day before, the state set its previous daily-increase record of coronavirus cases with 3,207.Florida is one of 17 states that saw an increase in hospitalizations and one of the other 17 states that saw an increase in a rate of positivity, a measure of how many tests are positive for COVID-19 compared to the amount of tests run.Copyright © 2020, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
