ORLANDO, Fla. — Mayor Jerry Demings and other local leaders are expected to give an update Monday morning at 10 a.m. on Orange County’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
It comes as new cases and hospitalizations continue to rise all across Central Florida.
Local health officials say the delta variant is to blame.
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The highly contagious variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S.
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One local doctor told Eyewitness News the COVID-19 case numbers are going in the wrong direction.
“We were seeing a light at the end of a dark and very long tunnel; that light at the end of the tunnel is getting dimmer,” said infectious disease specialist, Dr. Aftab Khan.
WFTV dug into the numbers.
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From July 9 to July 15, Orange, Brevard, Volusia, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and Marion Counties ranged from 3,648 cases to 652.
One week later -- the week of July 16 to July 22 -- the same counties ranged from 5,356 to 1,506 cases of COVID-19.
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“Our numbers were below 3.8% and now currently we’re over 12% in the state of Florida,” said Dr. Khan.
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