The Florida Department of Corrections released numbers Friday that showed 1,033 positive tests involving inmates, up 90 cases from a Thursday count.
Much of the increase stemmed from positive tests at Homestead Correctional Institution, which saw its inmate cases go from 166 on Thursday to 231 on Friday.
Hamilton Correctional Institution also saw a significant increase, with its inmate cases going from 112 on Thursday to 135 on Friday.
Other facilities with the most infected inmates were Liberty Correctional Institution, with 191 cases; Tomoka Correctional Institution, with 132 cases; Sumter Correctional Institution, with 102 cases; Apalachee Correctional Institution, with 72 cases; South Bay Correctional Facility, with 66 cases; Blackwater Correctional Facility, with 57 cases; and Columbia Correctional Institution, with 25 cases.
Nine inmates have died of COVID-19, a number that was unchanged Friday.
The Department of Corrections also said 231 corrections workers have tested positive for the respiratory disease, up from 225 on Thursday.
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This article appears in May 14-20, 2020.