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More Coronavirus testing results came in this morning. There has been one additional positive case and 73 new negatives registered here in Highlands County . There have been 44 people hospitalized at some point during there illness. There have been nine deaths attached to the coronavirus here. To date, there have been 5,722 tests recorded Continue reading

The latest Corona virus numbers are out, and as more tests are conducted, there are more positive and more negative results. There are nine new positive and 69 new negative results. That means since testing began several months ago, there have been 169 positive results, and 5,288 negatives recorded. Overall, some 5,460 tests have been Continue reading

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