While hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue declining statewide, the number of new cases reported Wednesday was up slightly from a day earlier.
Hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 continue declining statewide.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the state reported 4,077 people were being treated at hospitals in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. That's down by 33 percent since the start of the month.
The Florida Department of Health also reported 7,128 people tested positive for the coronavirus since Tuesday, bringing the total to 1,885,661 cases.
It's also up from the 5,610 cases reported Tuesday.
The state also recorded the deaths of 129 people due to complications from COVID-19 since Tuesday's report, bringing the overall death toll to 30,878 people.
Thirty of those deaths were recorded in the greater Tampa Bay region, with 17 in Polk County.