CORONAVIRUS LATEST: — New York state reports its lowest positivity rate so far. — Texas reports highest average positivity rate. — Maryland positivity rate hits a new low. — Florida records over 6,200 new cases, 77 new deaths.
5:54 p.m.: New York state reports its lowest positivity rate yetThe state's rate fell to its lowest level so far during the pandemic on Saturday, with 0.78%, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday. New York's positivity rate has been hovering at around 1% since early June. It peaked at nearly 47% in early April, when testing wasn't widely available.
Ohio has become the latest state to record over 100,000 COVID-19 cases, according to its Health Department.Ohio becomes the 17th state to have over 100,000 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Virginia and South Carolina also both passed the milestone this weekend, according to the university.The Texas Health Department said that its seven-day average for COVID-19 positivity rate reached a record high Saturday with 19.41%.
The unidentified teen lived in South Hill resident and had no reported underlying health conditions, according to the Health Department. The statewide positivity rate has been under 5% since June 25, and is now more than 86% lower than its April 17 peak, Hogan's office said. Medics transfer a patient on a stretcher from an ambulance outside of Emergency at Coral Gables Hospital where Coronavirus patients are treated in Coral Gables, Fla., near Miami, on July 30, 2020.Approximately 20% of the state's ICU beds are available, according to Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration. Thirty-seven hospitals across the state have run out of ICU beds, and four counties have no ICU beds available, according to the agency.The U.S.
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