Pinellas adds 200+ COVID-19 cases for third day in a row
June 20, 2020 - Pinellas County had an increase of 285 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday. The total case count in Pinellas as of Saturday morning was 3,438 cases, compared to 3,153 total cases reported on Friday. Saturday was the third consecutive day of case count increases topping 200. There were 1,821 test results reported on Friday for Florida residents and 14.5 percent of them were positive, the highest "positivity" rate since the Florida Department of Health began reporting county statistics in early March. The test results do not include non-Florida residents in Pinellas County. There have been 114 deaths in Pinellas County since the COVID-19 outbreak began, including one new death reported on Saturday.