4th Record Coronavirus Spike In Florida This Week

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida continued on a record-setting pace Saturday as state health officials reported 4,049 more cases — the fourth one-day record set this week — after health officials reported 3,822 new cases on Friday, 3,207 Thursday and 2,783 new cases on Tuesday.

The total number of cases in Florida reached 93,797 Saturday, up from 89,748 over the previous 24-hour period. This week’s record spikes follow a string of 1,000-plus case days.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said many of the new cases involve people who are much younger than the initial people who tested positive. Many of them also don’t have any symptoms of the illness thanks to the widespread availability of testing in the state.

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Fifteen Florida counties reported 40 new deaths Saturday. That compares to 43 new deaths Friday, 43 new deaths Thursday, 25 new deaths Wednesday, 55 new deaths on Tuesday, eight new deaths Monday, six new deaths Sunday and 48 new deaths last Saturday.

Health officials reported 12,939 hospitalizations from the coronavirus across Florida as of Saturday. The number of deaths from the coronavirus climbed to 3,144.

Miami-Dade reported 10 new deaths Saturday. Broward County reported three new deaths. Palm Beach County reported four new deaths.

Hillsborough County reported five new deaths. Lee County reported four new deaths. Collier County reported three new deaths. Manatee County reported two new deaths as did Sarasota County.

Calhoun County reported one new death as did Indian River County, Martin County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Polk County and St. Lucie County.

Miami-Dade reported 25,080 cases of the virus Saturday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 10,837 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes West Palm Beach, reported 10,506 cases.

Those three South Florida counties are considered the epicenter of Florida's outbreak. Florida had a 6 percent positive test rate for the virus based on 1,562,280 tests as of Saturday. The number of hospitalizations in Florida increased to from 12,774 a day earlier.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 5,319 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 4,569 cases.

In an attempt to provide as much information to our readers as possible, Patch is publishing the following 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.

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

Here is the most recent data: