Testing to resume at Orange County Convention Center on Tuesday

There has been 29,000 cases of COVID-19 in the county

(WKMG)

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Testing at the Orange County Convention Center will resume on Tuesday.

State-run testing sites have been closed for the past couple of days due to Tropical Storm Isaias.

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“We have tested nearly 260,000 people within our county and we have an overall positivity rate according to the state of 11.6%. The statewide positivity rate is 13.09%. So we’re doing better than the state at large,” Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said.

Free coronavirus testing will also resume at the Econ Soccer Complex in Orange County on Tuesday.

Here’s a list of Orange County testing sites.

There have been more than 29,000 cases of coronavirus in the county, according to the Florida Department of Health.

This is ten times the amount since June 1.

“It will likely live with us into the fall,” Mayor Demings said.

The DOH also reports 856 people have been hospitalized with the virus and 239 people have died from coronavirus in Orange County.

The recovery rate is 87 percent, according to Dr. Raul Pino

Dr. Pino said 357 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in the county and there are 1,058 beds available in the county.

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