9,488 More Coronavirus Cases In Florida Following Record Day

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 9,488 new coronavirus cases Friday one day after the state saw its largest one-day spike of more than 10,000 cases.

The state's total positive cases rose to 178,594 from 169,106 over the previous 24-hour period as South Florida beaches shut down Friday ahead of the Fourth of July weekend in an attempt to slow the spread of the deadly virus.

Miami-Dade is considered the epicenter of Florida's outbreak along with nearby Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Florida's largest public health system, Miami-based Jackson Health, said it will limit inpatient surgeries and procedures to emergency and urgent cases starting Monday to make sure beds are available for seriously ill patients, including coronavirus patients. Many of the new positive cases are of people between 33 to 37, according to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who gave an update to Vice President Mike Pence on Thurday.

Florida's previous one-day record had been set last Saturday with 9,585 new cases following a string of records over the past three weeks. State officials suspended the consumption of on-premises alcohol at bars, and a number of Florida counties and municipalities imposed mandatory mask orders. Miami-Dade County also imposed a curfew to limit the number of people on the streets at night.

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The total number of deaths from the new coronavirus in Florida rose to 3,684 from 3,617 a day earlier. State officials also reported another 101 deaths in Florida involving non-Florida residents.

Sixteen Florida counties reported 64 new deaths Friday. That compares with 65 new deaths Thursday, 46 new deaths Wednesday, 58 new deaths Tuesday, 28 deaths Monday, 29 new deaths Sunday, deaths 24 Saturday and 39 deaths last Friday. Osceola County reported one fewer death.

Miami-Dade County reported 16 new deaths. Broward County reported 12 new deaths. Palm Beach County reported 13 new deaths.

Hillsborough County reported three new deaths as did Pinellas County, Polk County and Seminole County. Hendry County reported two new deaths as did Marion County,

Brevard County reported one new death as did Escambia County, Lee County, Manatee County, Martin County, Pasco County and St. Lucie County.

Health officials reported 15,491 hospitalizations up from 15,150 over the previous 24-hour period. That represents an increase of 341 new hospitalizations. In contrast, there were only 113 new hospitalizations one month ago on June 3.

Miami-Dade reported 42,311 cases of the virus as of Friday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 18,229 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach and West Palm, reported 15,324 cases.

Florida had an 8.6 percent positive test rate for the virus Friday as the number of tests administered in the state reached 2,083,056. The percentage of positive cases has been increasing for about three weeks.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 13,044 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 15,324 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 Friday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data: