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The latest Coronavirus numbers released this morning by the Florida Department of Health show Highlands County has registered three additional positive cases and 69 negative tests. To date there have been 153 positives. Of the 5,296 tests administered so far, 5,140 have come back negative. That’s a 97.1 percent negative rate over the past three Continue reading

NEWS 6/9/20 BF CORONAVIRUS SCORECARD Coronavirus numbers released this morning show Highlands County has registered no additional cases of the coronavirus. To date there have been 150 positive cases. Of the 5,244 tests administered so far, 5,091 of the tests have come back negative. That’s a 94.7 percent negative rate over the past three months. Continue reading

The latest Florida Department of Health statistics released this morning now indicate Highlands County’s corona virus numbers have gone up by another four, with 116 new negative cases. There now have been 138 positive cases of the virus registered here. According to the numbers, of the 4,619 tests now administered, 4,478 – or 94.6-percent – Continue reading

The latest Florida Department of Health statistics released this morning now indicate Highlands County’s corona virus numbers have gone up by another two. There now have been 134 positive cases of the virus registered here. According to the numbers, of the 4,519 tests now administered, 4,382 – or 97-percent – have come back negative. There Continue reading

The latest Florida Department of Health statistics released this morning show Highlands County’s corona virus numbers have gone up by two. There now have been 132 positive cases of the virus registered here. According to the numbers, of the 4,431 tests now administered, 4,296 – or 94.5-percent – have come back negative. There have been Continue reading

Sebring firefighters worked a huge fire the better part of the night, Units were called to Highlands Sheds & Tropical Tinting on Highway 27 south shortly after 10:PM. Officials were alerted when heavy smoke was reported in the area during last night’s thunderstorms. No injuries have been reported and no dollar damage estimate is available. Continue reading

We had a bump in the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the County yesterday – Highlands County has now registered 119 confirmed cases of the virus, an increase of five in one day after a few days steady at 114. No more death reports here in town – eight persons locally have died from Continue reading

The newest numbers by the Florida Department of Health show Highlands County has registered no additional cases of Coronavirus. However, 17 additional negative tests have been recorded. Highlands total still stands at 114 positive tests. Of the 3,878 tests administered over the past couple of months here, 3,758 have come back negative. There have been Continue reading

New numbers by the Florida Department of Health now show Highlands County has registered no additional cases of Coronavirus. However, 32 new negative tests have been recorded. Highlands total still stands at 114. Of the 3,861 tests administered over the past couple of months here, 3,741 have come back negative. There have been 36 people Continue reading

New numbers by the Florida Department of Health over the weekend show Highlands County has recorded another couple of cases of Coronavirus. Highlands total now stands at 113. Of the 3,743 tests administered over the past couple of months here, 3,625 have come back negative. Still, there have been 36 people listed as hospitalized at Continue reading