Weekly number of new COVID-19 cases in Manatee County dips slightly

Drop is the first in 11 weeks. Almost 103,000 infections have been reported in county since March 2020, state says.

The weekly number of new COVID-19 infections reported in Manatee County dropped this week for the first time in 11 weeks, the Florida Department of Health reported Friday.

There were 1,138 new cases reported between June 10 and June 16, down from 1,200 cases in the week prior. The number of reported new infections had been growing steadily since the wee…