An additional 136 children in Manatee County have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Florida Department of Health.
In a report dated Friday, the health department said a total of 468 children have tested positive for the novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 respiratory disease. A week earlier, 332 people 17 and younger had tested positive, according to the health department.
A total of 1,070 children have been tested in Manatee since the start of the pandemic, for a positivity rate of 43.7%, up from 35.7%, a week earlier.
By comparison, the county’s overall positivity rate as of Saturday was 9%. The county has a total of 4,632 cases, as of Sunday, meaning 10.1% of those who have tested positive in Manatee County were children.
Statewide, a total of 17,073 children have been infected with the coronavirus, or 24.2% of those tested. In Florida, 6.7% of those who have tested positive are children.
Four children have died.
In Sarasota County, a total of 155 children had tested positive, as of a Friday, up from 103 a week earlier. A total of 547 children have been tested, for a positivity rate of 28.3%
Miami-Dade County has the most children who have tested positive for COVID-19 — 3,076 or 39.7% of those who have been tested.
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