The number of cases in Sarasota County has passed 200.

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Florida added 462 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 since Thursday morning, according to the Florida Department of Health’s Thursday morning update. Florida now has 16,826 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 deaths in Florida grew to 371.

According to the report, 201 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Sarasota County, compared to 179 in Manatee. Ten people have died in Sarasota and 11 have died in Manatee.

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In Manatee County, the new COVID-19 deaths are a 75-year-old man and two women, one 79 and one 81. The deaths in Sarasota are a 82-year-old man and a 88-year-old woman.

On Wednesday, Pines of Sarasota Rehabilitation and Senior Care Community released a statement saying that a resident had tested positive for the coronavirus.

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Despite early efforts to keep the coronavirus from infiltrating Florida’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities, state data indicates the communities remain vulnerable, with 475 residents and workers testing positive as of Tuesday evening, including 43 in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

On Sunday, the Florida Department of Health began showing COVID-19 cases by ZIP code, which shows that Sarasota County’s cases are fairly dispersed, while Manatee County has a few concentrated pockets of cases.

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