Florida Sees 206,447 Cases; Some Businesses Shutting Down Again

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 6,336 new cases of the coronavirus Monday as the mayor of the state's most populous county ordered a partial rollback of business reopenings following a holiday weekend in which the state set an all-time record, with 11,458 cases on the Fourth of July.

Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez said he plans to close all restaurants in his county, which includes the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, starting Wednesday with the exception takeout and delivery services. He also plans to shut down ballrooms, banquet facilities, party venues, gyms, fitness centers and short-term rentals.

Gimenez announced late Monday night that he would allow outdoor dining to continue with additional restrictions that include tables of no more than four people, appropriate distancing and music played at a level "that does not require shouting."

Florida had a 9.2 percent positive test rate for the virus Monday as the number of tests administered in the state reached 2,235,937. The percentage of positive cases has been increasing for about three weeks, though the cases are trending younger.

Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged that the younger age of people testing positive makes it more difficult to contain the spread of the virus, though he said the symptoms for that age group tend to be less severe.

"The No. 1 age for cases in Florida is 21," the governor told reporters Monday during a stop at The Villages retirement community. "If you're 21, and you don't have significant comorbidities, your fatality rate is pretty much zero."

The state's total positive cases rose to 206,447 from 200,111 over the previous 24-hour period as South Florida beaches prepared for another reopening after being closed over the long Fourth of July weekend to slow the spread of the deadly disease.

Meanwhile, Patch readers overwhelmingly reported in an informal survey they believe it is too soon to send children back to school.

Florida's largest public health system, Miami-based Jackson Health, began limiting inpatient surgeries and procedures to emergency and urgent cases starting Monday to make more room for seriously ill patients, including coronavirus patients. Many of the new positive cases in the state are of people between the ages of 33 to 37.

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The total number of deaths from the new coronavirus in Florida rose to 3,778. State officials also reported another 102 deaths in Florida involving non-Florida residents.

Eighteen Florida counties reported 61 new deaths Monday. That compares with 28 new deaths Sunday, 18 new deaths Saturday, 64 new deaths Friday, 65 new deaths Thursday, 46 new deaths Wednesday, 58 new deaths Tuesday and 28 deaths last Monday.

Miami-Dade County reported eight new deaths. Broward County reported two new deaths. Palm Beach County reported one new death.

Pinellas County reported 15 new deaths, the most of any county in the state. Polk County reported nine new deaths. Hillsborough County reported eight new deaths.

St. Lucie County reported three new deaths. Lee County reported two new deaths, as did Orange County, Osceola County and Pasco County.

Charlotte County reported one new death, as did Columbia County, Hernando County, Highlands County, Madison County, Manatee County and Martin County.

Health officials reported 16,045 hospitalizations, up from 15,895 over the previous 24-hour period. That represents an increase of 150 new hospitalizations.

Miami-Dade reported 48,992 cases of the virus Monday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 21,856 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach and West Palm, reported 17,242 cases.

Those three counties account for 88,090 cases, or some 43 percent of the state's total.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 14,677 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 14,407 cases.

In an effort 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 Monday are shown in bold.

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