Coronavirus cases in FL up to 1,227. Four new deaths in state — 2 in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County has confirmed a third death as COVID-19 marches across Florida, spiking to 1,227 confirmed cases on Monday evening, according to the Florida Department of Health’s 6 p.m. report.
Aside from the 56 additional cases, the state also reported Monday that four more people died in Florida, raising the total to 17.
Two of the deaths were in Palm Beach County, while the other two were in Duval County (Jacksonville) and Clay County, southwest of Duval. The two Palm Beach deaths brought the county’s total deaths to three.
One of the two deaths in Palm Beach County was an 85-year-old woman who was a Florida resident. She had tested positive for COVID-19, but it’s not clear if she lived in Palm Beach County, according to DOH’s data.
Health officials say it’s unknown whether she had any recent travel history or if she had been in contact with anyone who had tested positive for the disease.
Details about the second person in Palm Beach County who died were not known.
The previous death in the county was an 88-year-old man, another Florida resident. Health officials say it’s also unknown if the man had any recent travel history or had been in contact with anyone who had tested positive for the disease.
Florida’s Department of Health confirmed 56 additional cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the state total of confirmed cases to 1,227. Overall, 1,147 of positive cases were Florida residents and 80 were non-Florida residents who were tested or isolated in the state.
Earlier Monday, Monroe County announced its second known case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The 54-year-old Keys woman, who had previously tested presumptive positive in Key West, is listed as a travel-related case in Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard. She recently traveled to France.
Unlike the rest of South Florida, the Keys didn’t see its first confirmed positive case of the disease until last week — a 72-year-old woman in Key Largo who had recently traveled to the United Kingdom.
COVID-19 CASES IN SOUTH FLORIDA?
The Florida Department of Health added 11 cases in Miami-Dade County on Monday evening, bringing the total up to 278. Just 70 of the county’s cases have known links to travel, with 43 listed as “not travel-related” and 165 listed as “Travel Unknown.” One more person in the county has been hospitalized.
In Broward County, five new cases were added, bringing the total to 263, with 82 of the known cases linked to travel. Health officials say 99 of the known cases in Broward are not travel-related, with 82 of the cases listed as “Travel Unknown.”
Palm Beach County, which saw its third confirmed death Monday evening, has 89 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 26 listed as travel-related, 19 as not travel-related and 44 as travel unknown.
South Florida resident breakdown on ages, hospitalizations, deaths
Here’s a South Florida breakdown based on Florida’s Department of Health COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard:
Miami-Dade County:
▪ 265 are residents, 12 are non-residents and one is a Miami-Dade resident who is currently not in the state.
▪ Age range of cases in the county: 10 to 88, with the average age being 46
▪ 31 people out of the 267 confirmed cases in the county are hospitalized.
▪ Zero deaths reported
Broward County:
▪ 252 are residents and 11 are non-residents
▪ Age range of cases in the county: 15 to 96, with an average age being 50.
▪ 43 people out of the 263 confirmed cases in the county are hospitalized.
▪ Three deaths.
Monroe County:
▪ 2 residents
▪ Age range of cases in the county: 54 to 72, average age being 63
▪ Zero deaths or hospitalizations
Palm Beach County
▪ 81 are residents, seven are non-residents and one is a Palm Beach resident who is currently not in the state.
▪ Age range of cases in the county: 6 to 88, with the average age being 56
▪ 15 people out of the 89 confirmed cases in the county are hospitalized.
▪ Three deaths.
This breaking news story will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published March 23, 2020 at 11:24 AM.
