Florida passes 9,000 COVID-19 cases, 43 new deaths. Miami-Dade deaths jump to 20.
The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Florida grew by more than 1,000 since Wednesday evening to 9,008, state health department officials reported Thursday evening. The statewide death toll rose to 144 as 16 new deaths were added to the total reported Thursday.
Since Wednesday night, the state has reported 1,235 new confirmed cases and 43 new deaths, marking the state’s biggest single-day jump in new reported deaths. Health officials reported 998 new cases on Thursday evening and 237 Thursday morning.
Thursday morning, the state had reported 27 new deaths. Of the 16 new deaths reported Thursday evening, one is from Miami-Dade County and five are from Palm Beach County. The Department of Health has not yet released additional information on the 16 deaths.
Here is information on the 27 deaths reported Thursday morning:
▪ Eight of the deaths — four men and four women between the ages of 44 and 94 — were in Miami-Dade County, raising the county’s death toll to 19 (20 with the death reported on Thursday afternoon).
The death toll in Miami-Dade jumped by 81 percent from Wednesday evening to Thursday evening.
▪ Three men between 65 and 86 and a 94-year-old woman died in Broward County, raising Broward’s death toll to 17, up from 13 Wednesday evening.
▪ The youngest death announced in South Florida Thursday was a 44-year-old woman in Miami-Dade County. Health officials say it’s still unknown if she recently traveled anywhere and have not disclosed if she had been in contact with anyone who tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
▪ The other deaths were in Clay, Duval, Flagler, Hillsborough, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.
Of the total confirmed cases statewide, 8,694 are Florida residents and 314 are non-Florida residents who were diagnosed or isolated in the state.
Health officials say 1,167 people have been hospitalized because of COVID-19 complications.
COVID-19 cases in South Florida
Here are the Thursday evening numbers for South Florida:
▪ Miami-Dade: 2,886 total confirmed cases, 20 deaths and 200 hospitalizations.
▪ Broward County: 1,481 total confirmed cases, 17 deaths and 155 hospitalizations.
▪ Palm Beach County: 737 total confirmed cases, 27 deaths and 105 hospitalizations.
▪ Florida Keys: 38 total confirmed cases, zero deaths and seven hospitalizations.
This story was originally published April 2, 2020 at 11:27 AM.
