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Coronavirus: Florida reports 738 new cases Monday, fewest in months

Florida’s coronavirus dashboard shows 738 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday along with five more residents’ deaths, the lowest daily increases the state has seen in months.

Florida is up to 701,302 confirmed cases, 14,037 resident deaths and 170 non-resident deaths from COVID-19. At least 43,606 hospitalizations have been attributed to the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, according to the health department’s dashboard.

Florida’s statewide positivity rate from yesterday’s testing was 4.23%. Monday was the first time since early June the state announced fewer than 1,000 cases in a day.

One of the newly confirmed deaths was in Broward County and another in Palm Beach County.

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