Two teens in Florida die of coronavirus complications

A man walks past the Aardvark Mobile Health's Mobile Covid-19 Testing Truck in Miami Beach, on July 24, 2020. By Claire Colbert, CNN

(CNN) -- Two teenagers in Florida have died from Covid-19 complications, according to data posted by the Florida Department of Health. The teens were between the ages of 14 and 17, the department said.

This brings the total number of minors who have died in relation to the virus in Florida to seven. The others were a 9-year-old girl from Putnam County, an 11-year-old boy in Miami-Dade County, an 11-year-old girl in Broward County, a 16-year-old girl in Lee County, and a 17-year-old boy in Pasco County.

To date, more than 38,000 minors have contracted Covid-19 in Florida, according to data released by the health department.

Florida, along with several other states including Texas, Arizona, and California, has become one of the Covid-19 hotspots in recent months, with new daily infections soaring from mid-June into July.

Last week, Florida reported a record number of cases for four consecutive days. Miami-Dade County has reported the second most cases of any other county in the country, while Broward County also ranks in the top 10, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

So far, more than 4.6 million Americans have been infected and nearly 155,000 have died, Johns Hopkins reports.

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