ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s resident death toll from coronavirus rose to 34,056 with the addition of 35 more reported fatalities on Monday while also adding 1,613 more positive COVID-19 cases to bring the total to 2,125,846.
It’s only the second time in 2021 the state has reported less than 2,000 daily infections, but several testing and vaccine sites were forced to shut down on Sunday because of the series of storms that swept through the state. The last time the state had less daily infections reported was on Oct. 12 when it logged 1,533.
Infections had been rising slightly week to week since mid-March, although they remain mostly among younger populations. Even with Monday’s low infection total, though, the running seven-day average remains higher at 5,791 cases per day than the previous week’s daily average of 5,418.
