36 Florida Counties Report 187 New Coronavirus Deaths

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Thirty-six Florida counties reported 187 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday as health officials reported a one-day increase of 7,569 cases.

State health officials attributed much of the one-day increase to a backlog of 75,000 lab results submitted Monday by Quest Diagnostics. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis subsequently ordered state agencies to sever all ties with Quest.

Tuesday marked Florida's 20th day of daily positivity under 10 percent while officials reported a new statewide positive case total of 631,040 from 623,471 a day earlier, according to state health officials.

The daily positivity rate is calculated by taking the number of people who test PCR-or antigen-positive for the first time divided by all the people tested that day, excluding people who have previously tested positive.

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The total number of deaths in Florida rose to 11,374 Tuesday from 11,187 a day earlier. Florida's most recent one-day record of 276 reported deaths was set on Aug. 11. Health officials reported another 144 deaths involving non-Florida residents who died in Florida.

Florida's overall positivity rate was at 13.48 percent Tuesday based on 4,682,883 total tests. The overall positivity rate was not skewed by the backlog of Quest test results.

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Tuesday's death total compares to 68 new deaths Monday, 14 new deaths Sunday, 148 new deaths Saturday, 94 new deaths Friday (state health officials reported 89), 135 new deaths Thursday, 156 new deaths Wednesday (health officials reported 153) and 183 new deaths last Tuesday.

Here's a breakdown of the counties reporting new deaths:

• Miami-Dade County reported 100 new deaths.
• Palm Beach County reported nine new deaths.
• Marion County reported seven new deaths.
• Columbia County reported five new deaths.
• Duval County reported five new deaths.
• Pinellas County reported five new deaths.
• Indian River County reported four new deaths.
• Polk County reported four new deaths.
• Taylor County reported four new deaths.
• Broward County reported three new deaths.
• Lafayette County reported three new deaths.
• Lee County reported three new deaths.
• Sumter County reported three new deaths.
• Charlotte County reported two new deaths.
• Citrus County reported two new deaths.
• Escambia County reported two new deaths.
• Hernando County reported two new deaths.
• Leon County reported two new deaths.
• Manatee County reported two new deaths.
• Santa Rosa County reported two new deaths.
• Sarasota County reported two new deaths.
• St. Johns County reported two new deaths.
• Baker County reported one new death.
• Bay County reported one new death.
• Calhoun County reported one new death.
• Clay County reported one new death.
• Collier County reported one new death.
• Gulf County reported one new death.
• Lake County reported one new death.
• Madison County reported one new death.
• Nassau County reported one new death.
• Orange County reported one new death.
• Putnam County reported one new death.
• Seminole County reported one new death.
• St. Lucie County reported one new death.
• Volusia County reported one new death.

The state reported 38,859 hospitalizations up from 38,495 hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 364 new hospitalizations over the previous day.

State health officials also reported a total of 3,624 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, down from 3,735 current hospitalization a day earlier.

In an effort to provide as much information to our readers as possible, Patch has been publishing a daily county-by-county breakdown of the coronavirus cases in Florida's 67 counties, along with the median age of patients, the number of hospital cases by county and the number of deaths.

Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, reported 159,059 cases of the virus as of Tuesday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 72,245 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 42,387 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 37,458 cases of the virus while Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 36,400 cases of the virus.

Patch's County-By-County Coronavirus Data

Patch updates the following chart once each day based on data provided by the Florida Department of Health. The counties that reported new deaths Tuesday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data available: