Florida’s day-to-day COVID-19 numbers bump up a bit, with 3,571 new cases, 149 deaths
On Thursday, the Florida Department of Health added 3,571 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 149 deaths, a bit more on both numbers compared to Wednesday.
The number of non-resident deaths grew by three to 150.
Florida’s pandemic totals are 637,013 cases and 11,650 deaths.
South Florida counties
▪ Miami-Dade added 578 confirmed cases and 46 deaths, bringing its pandemic totals to 159,978 and 2,600, respectively. Both figures grew by 237 and 29, respectively, compared to Wednesday. The daily positivity rate is 7.35%, the 16th consecutive day of a goal of under 10%, as stated on Miami-Dade’s New Normal Dashboard, but a rise from Wednesday’s 5.3%.
▪ Broward’s 263 new confirmed cases moved its pandemic total to 72,634. Nine more deaths moved that total to 1,206. This represents 137 more daily cases than Wednesday but one fewer death. The daily positivity rate was 4.72%, a slight bump from Wednesday’s 4.6%, continuing a trend of nine days under 5%.
▪ Palm Beach County’s 125 new confirmed cases, six fewer than Wednesday’s daily, mean 42,643 have caught COVID-19 in Palm Beach. Of those people, 1,150 have died, including the 16 reported Thursday — 10 more than on Wednesday. Daily positivity rate bumped a bit to 4.37% from 4.2% a day earlier.
▪ Monroe County had six new confirmed cases, one more than on Wednesday, and no deaths, bringing its total to 1,753 and holding at 16 deaths. Daily positivity rate was 4.08%, a drop from 6.41% on Wednesday.
Current hospitalizations
As of the 11:30 a.m. Thursday report from the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration, 3,413 people were currently hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, a reduction of 106 people from Wednesday at the same time.
The South Florida counties’ trends varied up and down compared to the same 11:30 a.m. time frame on a day to day basis. The agency updates the figures throughout the day. Miami-Dade went up 13 to 627; Broward down 29, to 390; Palm Beach up four to 213; Monroe up by one to three.
Florida’s current hospitalization data does not always match the hospitalization data reported in Miami-Dade’s New Normal dashboard. Officials say this could be for a number of reasons including the frequency of daily updates.
Miami-Dade had 718 people in the county hospitalized primarily because of COVID-19, a drop from Wednesday’s 725 and the 15th drop in just over two weeks. The county reports 71 new COVID patients were admitted to hospitals and 99 were discharged.
Testing
Testing, like hospitalizations, helps officials determine the virus’ progress and plays a role in deciding whether it is safe to lift stay-at-home orders and loosen restrictions. Miami-Dade allowed indoor dining and casinos to reopen Monday — with restrictions.
Thursday, the state reported 58,650 people were tested with a daily positivity rate of 6.22%, higher than Wednesday’s 5.62%. Through the pandemic, 4,724,739 residents and non-residents have been tested in Florida and held steady at a 13.48% positive test rate.
This story was originally published September 3, 2020 at 11:29 AM with the headline "Florida’s day-to-day COVID-19 numbers bump up a bit, with 3,571 new cases, 149 deaths."
