ORLANDO, Fla. – One-hundred ninety-five people have died of coronavirus in Florida as the amount of confirmed cases in the state increased Saturday to 11,545, according to health officials.
Earlier in the day, the Florida Department of Health had reported 11,111 had tested positive for COVID-19, with 191 deaths. The Florida DOH releases the latest coronavirus numbers for the state at 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m. each day. Nearly 1,500 (1,470) coronavirus patients are hospitalized in Florida, according to the department of health.
The state numbers do not show how many people have recovered from the virus, and department officials have declined to release that information after several requests from WKMG-TV.