ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Florida added 3,190 coronavirus cases Saturday, bringing the total number of statewide infections to 661,571 since March.State health officials reported 98 new deaths, bringing the overall total to about 12,600.
That brings the average daily reported deaths over the past week to 113. In the first half of August, the seven-day reported deaths average usually exceeded 170 deaths.In recent days, state and local officials have made moves to relax some of the health safety rules put into place to prevent infection.Florida Corrections Secretary Mark Inch on Friday announced that starting Oct.
2 that he will lift the state’s ban on visiting prisons. Inch said state corrections officials will release more information about.