Florida Coronavirus Update: 68 New Deaths In 12 Counties

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 68 new coronavirus deaths in 12 counties on Monday.

Health officials reported 1,885 new cases of the virus as Monday marked Florida's 19th day of daily positivity under 10 percent while officials reported a new statewide positive case total of 623,471 from 621,586 a day earlier.

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 11,187 Monday, up from 11,119 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 13.5 percent Monday based on 4,622,552 total tests.

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Monday's death total compares to 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), 183 new deaths Tuesday and 72 new deaths last Monday.

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

• Miami-Dade County reported 34 new deaths.
• Palm Beach County reported two new deaths.
• Broward County reported one new death.
• Pinellas County reported eight new deaths.
• Pasco County reported six new deaths.
• Lee County reported five new deaths.
• Hillsborough County reported four new deaths.
• Martin County reported four new deaths.
• Lake County reported one new death.
• Marion County reported one new death.
• Orange County reported one new death.
• Polk County reported one new death.

The state reported 38,495 hospitalizations, up from 38,410 hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 85 new hospitalizations over the previous day.

State health officials also reported a total of 3,735 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, down from 3,792 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 156,910cases of the virus as of Sunday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 71,121 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 41,965 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 37,136 cases of the virus while Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 35,902 cases of the virus.

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

Here is the most recent data available: