ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Department of Health reported 9,785 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, as well as 140 deaths, marking the second consecutive day the state reported fewer than 10,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus.The new cases bring the state’s overall total number of confirmed coronavirus cases since the virus was first detected in Florida to 379,619.On July 1, the Florida Department of Health began reporting resident and non-resident deaths as separate categories.
The state reported a total of 139 resident deaths and one new non-resident deaths in Florida on Wednesday, for a cumulative total of 5,459 deaths since the start of the pandemic.On Wednesday, Florida’s daily COVID-19 positivity rate, which represents the number.