Florida reports a huge spike in cases
Florida reported 15,299 coronavirus cases today, smashing prior records. It's the largest single-day rise for any state during the pandemic. That's a one-day 6% spike in cases that compares to the seven-day average of 4.8%.
But it's not as bad as the initial headlines look. The number of tests spiked to 142.981, which was also a one-day record and compares to 87,062 the day before.
Importantly, the percentage of tests that were positive fell to 11.25% from 12.59% and 18.35% on Thursday.
Finally, deaths were at 44 compared to 95 a day earlier.
Over in Arizona, the number of cases fell to 2537 from 4221 a day earlier. There are some definite signs of flattening in the Arizona curve but some of the numbers are hard to square. Last week, the % positive ratio was around 33% for a few days and it's suddenly dropped to 20%, and was even lower than that on Saturday.
