Nine more deaths, 300+ new Covid cases in Pinellas
December 8, 2020 - Nine additional deaths due to Covid-19 have been reported in Pinellas County. The death toll since March due to the virus stood at 939 as of Tuesday, a report from the Florida Department of Health said. There's been a cumulative total of 35,505 confirmed cases of Covid-19, an increase of 303 cases overnight. The positivity rate — or percent of people who took a Covid test and tested positive — was 8.46 percent for tests reported on Monday. The positivity rate has averaged 6.06 percent over the past two weeks. There were 198 people hospitalized in Pinellas County with a primary diagnosis of Covid-19 as of Tuesday afternoon, and 26.7 percent of the total hospital beds in the county are available, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration said.