To provide our community with important public safety information, the Pensacola News Journal is making stories related to the coronavirus free to read. To support important local journalism like this, please consider becoming a digital subscriber.

The Florida Department of Health has confirmed a new case of the coronavirus in Santa Rosa County.

The new positive test brings Florida's total to 432 cases of COVID-19 with nine deaths.

The new case is a 48-year-old man who had traveled to the United Kingdom, and is Santa Rosa County's second confirmed case of the coronavirus.

The county's first case of coronavirus was a 71-year-old man who died earlier this month after catching the virus on a Nile River Cruise in Egypt.

Florida is ramping up its capacity to perform testing for the virus and so far has performed 3,254 test statewide as of Thursday evening, according to the Florida Department of Health. Of those, 1,126 tests remain pending.

In Santa Rosa County, 16 tests have been done and four are still pending.

Although drive-thru testing is being done in Escambia County with hundreds of tests completed, the health department numbers only show 17 tests being done in the county with five tests still pending.

Confirmed cases jumped by 42 in Thursday evening's report. Under directive from Gov. Ron DeSantis, the state Department of Health is reporting the number of cases twice a day.

An 83-year-old male in Duval County confirmed to test positive for COVID-19 has also died, according to the state Department of Health. His death is the state's ninth linked to the novel coronavirus. Duval County currently has 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on record, according to the state Department of Health.

Nine confirmed to test positive for COVID-19 have died in the state. The ages of the deceased range from 48 to 83.

A 68-year-old female in Orange County.

A 79-year-old female in Orange County.

A 77-year-old male in Lee County.

A 77-year-old female in Lee County.

An 83-year-old male in Duval County.

A 70-year-old male in Clay County.

A 77-year-old male in Broward County.

A 71-year-old male in Santa Rosa County.

A 48-year-old female in Leon County.

While the greatest percentage of cases continues to be reported in those 50 and older, there's a growing number of cases reported in those 40 and younger. The Department of Health reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 14 for those between 10 and 19 years, 56 for those 20 to 29 and 43 in those ages 30-39.

Several counties around the state have reported no cases of the virus, mostly in North Florida and in the central portion of the state.

Jim Little can be reached at jwlittle@pnj.com and 850-208-9827.