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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The daily disclosure of Florida coronavirus data will not be updated by the Florida Department of Health due to the Christmas holiday, it was announced on Friday.
COVID-19 reports will be available on Saturday, December 26, based on a tweet from the Florida Department of Health.
In recognition of the Christmas holiday, the Department will not issue COVID-19 reports today. Reports will resume tomorrow, December 26.
– Florida Department of Health (@HealthyFla) December 25, 2020
This is the second time since the state started reporting the figures. The data were not released last month on Thanksgiving.
Florida health officials reported 13,147 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and another 121 deaths of residents attributed to the virus.
On Thursday, the state confirmed 1,247,546 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began and 20,995 resident deaths. Miami-Dade County reported yet another day of new cases above 2,000, with 283,285 reported cases and 12 deaths, bringing that total to 4,108.
New cases in Broward County exceeded 1,000 with 130,978 cases in total and 1,798 deaths with two deaths reported Thursday.
In addition, many of the state-operated test sites will be closed during the holiday weekend.
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