ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida coronavirus cases grew by more than 1,000 in one day, according to the latest Florida Department of Health numbers, as local and state officials warn the worst is yet to come and residents prepare to stay at home beginning Friday.
By Thursday morning when the DOH released the latest confirmed COVID-19 cases, there were 8,010 total cases between residents and visitors who tested positive in the Sunshine State.
The death toll grew overnight into Thursday reaching 128 and now more than 1,000 people statewide are hospitalized with severe cases of the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus.