Gainesville and other towns across Florida are putting proactive measures in place to quell the spread of COVID-19. Disruptions to school, work, and major public gatherings are already manifesting and it’s important to stay up to date on what’s happening in the Gainesville, FL community.

Stay up to date and informed with our resources: Breaking public health news, information on your local Florida hospitals and healthcare facilities, information from the Florida Public Health Department, and Twitter updates from Florida government officials. Continue to visit our website for the latest updates.

Florida COVID-19 Cases

Florida New Coronavirus Cases:
Florida Total Coronavirus Cases: 7,483,857
Florida New Coronavirus Deaths:
Florida Total Coronavirus Deaths: 85,710
U.S. New Coronavirus Cases: 2,833
U.S. Total Coronavirus Cases: 107,084,488
U.S. New Coronavirus Deaths: 4
U.S. Total Coronavirus Deaths: 1,164,966
Last updated May 27, 2023
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Coronavirus News for Gainesville

New COVID-19 cases rising in Alachua County as area nears 'high' transmission level

and at a rate of 9.7 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, is almost moving from moderate to high transmission. Currently, a handful of counties in the state — mostly in South Florida — are seeing ... More info »

Gainesville - 05/18/2023 12:00pm

COVID hospitalizations are down in Florida but viral loads are up in parts of the state

Wastewater, which reveals coronavirus trends sooner than official case counts, shows viral levels spiking in the county that is home to the Florida Keys. Test results from Wednesday found 1,311 ... More info »

Gainesville - 05/05/2023 08:22am

See a map of Florida counties with reported cases of coronavirus

Ben Conarck joined the Miami Herald as a healthcare reporter in August 2019 and led the newspaper’s award-winning coverage on the coronavirus ... justice at the Florida Times-Union, where ... More info »

Miami Herald - 05/26/2023 03:45am

Florida leads nation in new COVID deaths, CDC data shows

Florida’s coronavirus death toll rose faster in the past week than ... the CDC’s Community Level system reported Thursday. Alachua County, home to Gainesville, and every east coast county except St. More info »

MSN - 05/19/2023 08:43am

COVID hospitalizations are down in Florida but viral loads are up in parts of the state

Wastewater, which reveals coronavirus trends sooner than official case counts, shows viral levels spiking in the county that is home to the Florida Keys. Test results from Wednesday found 1,311 ... More info »

Gainesville - 05/05/2023 04:56pm

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