Florida tops 5,700 coronavirus cases; 4 more deaths in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach
The confirmed case count of COVID-19 in Florida has jumped by 231, according to a state update on Monday evening. Miami-Dade accounted for 69 cases, or about one-third, of the latest confirmed increase.
The state, with 5,704 confirmed cases (5,489 residents) as of 6 p.m. Monday, also said there were eight new deaths for a total of 71. One of those was in Miami-Dade County, another in Broward County and two in Palm Beach County. The other deaths were in Citrus, Clay, Duval and Osceola counties.
The percentage of people testing positive rose to 13 percent on Sunday, up from a 10 percent positive rate over the past week, health officals said.
Miami-Dade now has 1,701 confirmed positive coronavirus cases, up 69 from from Monday morning’s last update, out of 9,829 tests. Of the 1,701 positive tests, 1,675 are residents, 116 have been hospitalized and four have died.
Broward’s overall confirmed cases is now at 1,137, which is 15 less than the 1,152 number originally reported Monday morning by the state. A reported 1,113 of those patients are residents. Hospitalizations number 110 and there have been 12 deaths. Broward has run the most tests, 11,076, and 1,137 have tested positive.
Two more Monroe County residents tested positive, putting Keys numbers at 26 confirmed cases, 22 among residents with five hospitalizations and no deaths.
Palm Beach’s 40 new cases bring the county up to 463 confirmed positive cases, with 439 residents among them. The county has 10 confirmed deaths in total. There have been 2,721 tests run.
This story was originally published March 30, 2020 at 11:51 AM.
