Florida Reports 65 New Deaths, 3,286 More Coronavirus Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases climbed to 103,503 Tuesday in Florida, an increase of 3,286 over the previous 24-hour period.

"Even though we had a lot of new tests at higher levels last week, we actually had fewer positive tests with our long-term care facilities than we had," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in Orlando on Tuesday."Really, most of it is community transmission, particularly among the 20- and 30-year-old group."

Dr. George Ralls of Orlando Regional Medical Center and Orlando Health, told the governor the greatest threat to Floridians comes from social gatherings and not businesses.

"You can maintain a safe environment and open a business," the doctor said. "Where we’re letting our guard down are the pool parties, or the social gatherings, or the places where we are not thinking about transmission, where we are not wearing a mask, where we are not thinking about social distancing.”

Seventeen Florida counties reported 65 new deaths Tuesday. That compares with 12 deaths Monday, 17 deaths Sunday, 40 deaths on Saturday, 43 new deaths Friday, 43 new deaths Thursday, 25 new deaths Wednesday and 55 new deaths last Tuesday.

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Miami-Dade reported 18 new deaths. Broward County reported four new deaths. Palm Beach County reported eight new deaths.

Pinellas County reported 12 new deaths. Hillsborough County reported four new deaths. Duval County reported two new deaths as did Escambia County, Hendry County, Martin County and Orange County.

Brevard County reported one new death as did Clay County, Collier County, Hardee County, Lake County, Manatee County, Sarasota County, St. Lucie County and Suwannee County.

The Florida record of 4,049 new coronavirus cases was set on Saturday following a string of 1,000-plus case days.

Health officials reported 13,325 total hospitalizations, up from 13,119, which represents an increase of 206 new hospitalizations from a day earlier. The total number of deaths from the coronavirus rose to 3,238 from 3,173 a day earlier.

Miami-Dade reported 26,822 cases of the virus as of Tuesday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 11,744 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes West Palm Beach, reported 11,180 cases.

Those three South Florida counties are still considered the epicenter of Florida's outbreak but other parts of the state not account for a greater share of cases.

Florida had a 6.3 percent positive test rate for the virus Tuesday based on 1,641,838 tests. The percentage of positive cases has also experienced an increase over the past week.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 6,176 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 5,502cases.

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 Tuesday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data: