COVID-19 continue to rise in the state.The Florida Department of Health on Thursday reported 3,207 new cases of COVID-19, as well as 43 new deaths.The state also reported 188 new hospitalizations due to more serious cases of the respiratory illness.The new statistics bring the total number of reported COVID-19 cases in Florida since the disease was first reported in the state on March 1 to 85,926, with 3,061 deaths and 12,577 total hospitalizations.On Tuesday, the state reported the largest jump in newly reported cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic hit the state, with 2,783 new cases.The state does not report the number of current patients in hospitals with the coronavirus, but rather the overall total.