Florida Reports 9 New Coronavirus Deaths, 2,521 New Cases
TALLAHASSEE, FL —Florida reported nine new coronavirus deaths Sunday, which is among the lowest one-day increases in recent weeks as state health officials reported another 2,521 cases of the virus.
The total number of deaths in Florida rose to 13,296, up only slightly from 13,287 a day earlier. Florida's most recent one-day record of reported deaths was set on Aug. 11. Health officials reported another 163 deaths involving non-Florida residents who died in Florida.
Sunday's death total compares to 62 new deaths Saturday, 139 new deaths Friday, 147 new deaths Thursday, 152 new deaths Wednesday, 145 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, 34 new deaths Monday and eight new deaths last Sunday.
The total number of positive cases of the coronavirus in Florida climbed to 683,754 as of Sunday, up from 681,233 a day earlier.
Florida Department of Health officials last week stopped listing the counties that report new deaths.
Floridians must now search all 67 counties on the Florida Department of Health's coronavirus dashboard and compare the results to the previous day's data to find the same information.
Florida's numbers compare to 785,824 cases and 15,016 deaths in California; 709,639 cases and 15,088 deaths in Texas as well as 449,900 cases and 33,087 deaths in New York, according to information compiled by Johns Hopkins.
Florida health officials reported the state's 39th day of daily positivity under 10 percent. The daily positivity rate is calculated by taking the number of people who test PCR-or antigen-positive for the first time divided by all the people tested that day, excluding people who have previously tested positive.
Florida's overall positivity rate, which is cumulative, was at 13.4 percent as of Sunday based on 5,102,203 total tests.
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Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, reported 166,881 cases of the virus and 3,055 deaths as of Sunday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 75,682 cases and 1,320 deaths. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 45,329 cases and 1,277 deaths.
Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 40,751 cases of the virus and 604 deaths while Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 38,971 cases and 431 deaths.
Sarasota County, which includes the city of Sarasota, reported 7,877 cases of the virus and 246deaths. Manatee County, which includes Bradenton, reported 11,210 cases and 277 deaths. Pinellas County reported 21,498 cases of the virus and 721 deaths while Pasco County reported 8,865 cases and 199 deaths. Polk County, which includes Lakeland, reported 19,126 cases of the virus and 507 deaths.
The state reported 42,453 hospitalizations, up from 42,374 hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 79 new hospitalizations over the previous day, one of the lowest increases in recent weeks.
State health officials also reported a total of 2,285 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, which is up from 2,266 current hospitalizations a day earlier.
This article originally appeared on the Miami Patch
