Florida Surpasses 5,000 Coronavirus Deaths; 10,347 New Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The death toll in Florida from the coronavirus surpassed the 5,000 mark Monday as health officials reported the disease had taken 5,072 Florida residents and another 111 non-Florida residents who died in the state.

Florida health officials reported 360,394 cases of the coronavirus cases in Florida, an increase of 10,347 from 350,047 cases a day earlier.

"Twenty-five percent of the hospital beds are available statewide and almost 20 percent of the ICU beds," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters. "The COVID patients represent a larger percentage of the census than they did a month, or a month-and-a-half ago, but we do have the capacity."

The governor said he asked state health officials to look into reports that some people who made an appointment to be tested for the virus may have received a positive test result even though they were never tested.

"I've heard it enough to be concerned about it," DeSantis said. "I also want to know which labs is that happening at. I don't think it's happening at every one, but if there's one or two that it is, it's a big, big problem."

Miami Beach announced Monday it was canceling the rest of its summer camp program after a child tested positive for the virus. Officials said the decision was based on the overall rising number of cases and not on the child who tested positive.

Twenty-four Florida counties reported 119 new deaths Monday though Florida health officials only reported a total of 90 new deaths. Orange County reported one fewer death than previously reported.

Monday's death total compares with 87 new deaths Sunday, 91 new deaths Saturday (health officials reported 90), 128 new deaths on Friday, 157 new deaths on Thursday, 113 new deaths Wednesday, 132 new deaths on Tuesday and 35 new deaths last Monday.

The governor said he was asking health officials to look into cases where someone has tested positive for the disease and subsequently died for other apparent reasons.

"There was a case here in central Florida where somebody, I think they were in their 20s, and they were in a motorcycle accident. That was counted as a coronavirus death," the governor said. "Obviously, most of these cases you have respiratory distress, you are dying because of, so I'm not diminishing that."

Miami-Dade County reported 35 new deaths. Palm Beach County reported six new deaths. Neighboring Broward County reported 19 new deaths.

Pasco County reported 12 new deaths. Pinellas County reported nine new deaths. Hillsborough County reported eight new deaths. Duval County reported four new deaths.

Escambia County reported three new deaths as did Martin County and Volusia County. Jackson County reported two new deaths as did Polk County and Seminole County.

Alachua County reported one new death as did Charlotte County, Clay County, Hernando County, Jefferson County, Lake County, Leon County, Manatee County, Marion County, Sarasota County and St. Lucie County.

Florida reported an 11.8 percent positive test rate for the virus Monday as the number of tests reached 3,055,922.

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Health officials reported 21,263 hospitalizations from 20,971 over the previous 24-hour period. That represents an increase of 292 more hospitalizations than reported a day earlier.

Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, reported 87,035 cases of the virus Monday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 40,976 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach and West Palm, reported 26,426 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 24,135 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 23,584 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.

Here is the most recent data: