Pinellas Covid case counts hit four-month high
November 24, 2020 - The Florida Department of Health reported 327 new cases of Covid-19 in Pinellas County Tuesday. That's the largest number of new cases reported in a single day since July 24, when there were 355 new cases. Pinellas County has had a total of 31,464 confirmed cases of Covid-19 since the outbreak began in March, as well as 881 deaths attributed to the virus. An additional nine deaths were reported overnight. The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration reported 172 people were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon in Pinellas County with a primary diagnosis of Covid. There's available capacity in about 31 percent of the hospital beds and about 21 percent of the adult intensive care unit beds in Pinellas hospitals, AHCA said. The positivity rate, or percent of people who take a Covid-19 test and test positive, was 5.89 percent on Monday, and has been averaging just under 6 percent for the past two weeks.