The number of positive tests detected each day by Florida health facilities and testing labs increased steadily through March. As testing ramps up, the number of infected residents is likely to increase as well.
Although the state doesn’t release detailed information about patients, citing privacy issues, it does provide their ages, gender and status. Here’s what we know about them:
The virus has proven to be particularly deadly for senior citizens, but people of all ages are vulnerable to infection. A sizable share of the known patients in Florida so far have been detected in people in their 20s and 30s.