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Here’s the latest COVID-19 case count in Pinellas

May 23, 2020 - There are now 1,153 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Pinellas County. The Florida Department of Health reported 37 additional cases of COVID-19 in the county between Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23. It was one of the largest daily increases in the number of cases in Pinellas County since May 4, the launch of Phase 1 of the statewide plan to ease business restrictions, and it was second only to an increase of 39 cases on May 14. About half of the ZIP codes in Pinellas County posted increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases between May 22 and May 23; see the total number of confirmed cases in each county, as reported by the state health department, on the St. Pete Catalyst interactive map. COVID-19 has been confirmed as the cause of 75 deaths in Pinellas as of Saturday, an increase of two deaths from Friday. As of Friday, 54 of the deaths in Pinellas County were among residents or staff in long-term care facilities. The increased number of cases could be due to increases in testing. As of Saturday, 34,451 Pinellas County residents have been tested, with 1,153 testing positive, 33,273 testing negative, 13 inconclusive and 69 awaiting results. The health department said the 3.3 percent who tested positive is within the target range. Statewide, 858,112 people have been tested, with 50,127 testing positive, or a positive rate of 5.9 percent throughout Florida.

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