637,013 sinceMarch.Florida’s positivity rate, the number of people who tested positive for the first time compared to overall tests, remained below 10% Wednesday.
The Florida Department of Health has not released the positivity data for Thursday as of this publication.Medical officials say the rate should be below 10% for at least two weeks to show a decline in infections, with the state working to bring the cumulative percent positive rate down to 10%, too.The World Health Organization said that a region’s test positivity rate needs to be below 5% for at least 14 days to relax restrictions.The state reported 270 new hospitalized patients on Thursday, bringing the number of people who stayed in hospitals due to the virus since March to.