⁍ 15,299 people tested positive, for a total of 269,811 cases, and 45 deaths were recorded.
⁍ California had the previous record of daily positive cases 11,694, set on Wednesday.
⁍ Texas reached 258,000 total cases on Saturday and 3,192 deaths.
⁍ If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for the most new cases in a day behind the United States, Brazil and India.

– Last week was a grim one for Florida: 514 fatalities, an average of 73 per day. Three weeks ago, the state was averaging 30 deaths per day. On Sunday, Florida broke the national record for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll continued to also rise. According to state Department of Health statistics, 15,299 people tested positive, for a total of 269,811 cases, and 45 deaths were recorded. California had the previous record of daily positive cases 11,694, set on Wednesday. New York had 11,571 on 15 April. University of Florida epidemiologist Dr. Cindy Prins said that about 143,000 tests were reported on Sunday. Prins said that she’s still concerned about large crowds, gyms, and restaurants as places of mass transmission. Reports of illegal clubs and raves inouth Florida are also a worry, she said, the AP reports. “I really do think we could control this, and it’s the human element that is so critical. It should be an effort of our country. We should be pulling together when we’re in a crisis, and we’re definitely not doing it.”