ORLANDO, Fla. – Over the past five days, Florida has reported less than 7,000 new COVID-19 cases, outside of a blip on Wednesday due to a large data dump, which is a positive trend.The Florida Department of Health reported 6,148 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, bringing the state’s running total since March to 563,285 cases.The state also announced 229 new fatalities, bringing Florida’s death toll from the virus up to 9,276.