Florida Coronavirus Update: 6,563 New Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 6,563 new cases of the coronavirus Wednesday as the total cases rose to 158,997 from 152,434 cases over the previous 24-hour period.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extended his order halting foreclosures and residential evictions until August. He has said the median age of people testing positive for the disease over the past two weeks has consistently ranged between 33 to 37.

The overwhelming number of Florida's 67 counties reported a decline in the median age of cases over the past week. Only a handful of counties reported higher median ages. The rest stayed the same, according to a Patch review.

The latest one-day record was set on Saturday with 9,585 new cases following a string of records over the past two weeks. State officials suspended the consumption of on-premises alcohol at bars to slow the spread of the deadly disease and four South Florida Counties —Miami-Dade, Broward County, Palm Beach and Monroe — all announced plans to close beaches over the holiday weekend.

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The total number of deaths from the new coronavirus in Florida rose to 3,550 from 3,505 a day earlier. State officials reported a total of 100 deaths in Florida involving non-Florida residents.

Eighteen Florida counties reported 46 new deaths Wednesday. That compares with 58 new deaths Tuesday, 28 deaths Monday, 29 new deaths Sunday, deaths 24 Saturday, 39 deaths Friday, 46 deaths Thursday and 45 deaths last Wednesday. Escambia County reported one fewer death as did Manatee County.

Miami-Dade County reported nine new deaths, including its 1,000th since the beginning of the pandemic. Broward County reported two new deaths. Palm Beach County reported two new deaths.

Collier County reported seven new deaths. Pinellas County reported six new deaths. Polk County reported four new deaths. Duval County reported three new deaths. Hillsborough County reported two new deaths as did Pasco County.

Taylor County reported its first death from the virus. Bay County reported one new death as did Lee County, Okaloosa County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Suwannee County, Volusia County and Washington County.

Health officials reported 14,825 hospitalizations, up from 14,580 over the previous 24-hour period. That represents an increase of 245 new hospitalizations.

Miami-Dade reported 37,961 cases of the virus as of Wednesday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 16,155 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach and West Palm, reported 14,447 cases.

Those three South Florida counties account for a combined total of 68,563 cases — or about 43 percent of the total cases in the state. The percentage has declined from 59 percent on April 19 as other Florida counties account for a greater share of cases.

Florida had an 8 percent positive test rate for the virus Wednesday based on 1,981,915 tests. The percentage of positive cases has been increasing for more than two weeks.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 11,465 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 10,874 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 Wednesday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data: