Florida Reports Fewest New Cases Of Coronavirus In Weeks

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The number of new coronavirus cases in Florida rose by 4,155 Monday, one of the fewest increases in recent weeks as the number of tests performed n the state surpassed four million.

"If you look at the trends in the state of Florida right now in terms of coronavirus, these are not just blips at this point. These are sustained movements," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis insisted during an education roundtable in Riverview, Florida.

"Our emergency department visits for COVID-like illness are back down to where they were in the middle of June as we started to see the increase," DeSantis said. "If you look at the percentage, or the numbers of patients who were COVID positive, who are in hospitals, you've seen a real significant decline over the last two to three weeks, probably about 30 percent."

The total number of coronavirus cases in Florida climbed to 536,961 from 532,806 cases a day earlier.

Florida health officials reported a total of 8,277 deaths Monday, an increase of 91 deaths from the 8,186 deaths reported a day earlier. State health officials also reported another 131 deaths involving non-Florida residents who died in the state.

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Eighteen of Florida's 67 counties reported new deaths Monday. That compares with 83 new deaths Sunday (state health officials reported 77), 182 new deaths Saturday, 180 new deaths Friday, 122 new deaths Thursday, 221 new deaths Wednesday (health officials reported 220), 245 new deaths on Tuesday and 74 new deaths last Monday.

Here's a breakdown of the counties reporting new deaths:

• Miami-Dade reported nine new deaths.

• Broward County reported 18 new deaths.

• Palm Beach County reported five new deaths.

• Manatee County reported 35 new deaths.

• Sarasota County reported eight new deaths.

• Gilchrist County reported two new deaths.

• Polk County reported two new deaths.

• St. Johns County reported two new deaths.

• Duval County reported one new death.

• Hernando County reported one new death.

• Lafayette County reported one new death.

• Leon County reported one new death.

• Levy County reported one new death.

• Pasco County reported one new death.

• Putnam County reported one new death.

• Santa Rosa County reported one new death.

• Suwannee County reported one new death.

• Taylor County reported one new death.

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Florida reported a statewide positive rate of 13.36 percent based on 4,020,073 tests as of Monday.

The state reported 30,785 total hospitalizations, up from 30,505 total hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 280 new hospitalizations over the previous day.

In an effort to provide as much information to our readers as possible, Patch has been publishing a daily county-by-county breakdown of the coronavirus cases in Florida's 67 counties, along with the median age of patients, the number of hospital cases by county and the number of deaths.

Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, reported 133,623 cases of the virus as of Monday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 62,898 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 37,297 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 32,731 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 31,851 cases.

Patch updates this chart once each day based on data provided by the Florida Department of Health. The counties that reported new deaths on Monday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data available:

This article originally appeared on the Bradenton Patch