Florida surpasses 10,000 coronavirus cases, with 17 of 26 new deaths in South Florida

Florida now has over 10,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the state Department of Health said Friday evening. The state total is now 10,268 cases and 170 deaths.

Since Thursday night, the state has reported 1,260 new confirmed cases and 26 new deaths in its twice-daily reports. Health officials reported 683 new cases on Friday evening and 577 Friday morning.

Of the seven new deaths reported Friday evening, four were in Palm Beach County. No new deaths in Miami-Dade, Broward or Monroe counties were reported during the evening.

The Department of Health has not yet released additional information on the seven new deaths.

On Friday morning, the state had reported 19 new deaths, 13 of which were in South Florida: five in Miami-Dade County, five in Broward County and two in Palm Beach County. One of the deaths announced by the state Friday was a 55-year-old man in the Florida Keys.

Monroe County officials confirmed his death to the Miami Herald Thursday night. Friends and family members have identified the man as Keith White of Key West. He’s the first COVID-19 death in Monroe County.

Including the new deaths, Miami-Dade County now has a total of 25 COVID-19 deaths, Broward has 22, Palm Beach has 33, and Monroe has 1. The other deaths were in Charlotte, Highlands, Lee, Monroe, Orange, Pinellas and Putnam counties.

Of the new confirmed cases Friday evening, 677 are Florida residents and 6 are non-Florida residents who were diagnosed or isolated in the state. Of the total statewide cases, 9,925 are Florida residents and 343 are non-Florida residents.

Health officials say 1,334 people have been hospitalized because of COVID-19 complications.

COVID-19 cases in South Florida

Here are the Friday evening numbers for South Florida:

▪ Miami-Dade: 3,364 total confirmed cases, 25 deaths and 230 hospitalizations. Patient age range is 0 to 101.

▪ Broward County: 1,598 total confirmed cases, 22 deaths and 190 hospitalizations. Patient age range is 0 to 97.

▪ Palm Beach County: 858 total confirmed cases, 33 deaths and 133 hospitalizations. Patient age range is 0 to 99.

▪ Florida Keys: 40 total confirmed cases, one death and seven hospitalizations. Patient age range is 19 to 80.

This story was originally published April 3, 2020 at 11:34 AM.

Michelle Marchante

Miami Herald

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription