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Florida reports fewer positive COVID-19 cases, tests as overall total nears 150,000
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is on track to surpass 150,000 infections this week, after reporting more than 40,000 new positive cases of the novel coronavirus in the past five days.Days ahead of the July Fourth holiday, some Florida coastal county leaders have closed beaches to prevent large crowds from gathering. Most fireworks shows, including in Central Florida, have also been canceled to keep people from gathering.Locally, Brevard, Flagler and Volusia leaders have not announced closures ahead of the holiday weekend.As of Monday morning, the Florida Department of Health was reporting 5,266 new positive cases bringing the statewide total to 146,341.