1,227 Total Coronavirus Cases In Florida, 18 Deaths

THE VILLAGES, FL — The number of coronavirus cases in Florida climbed to 1,227 on Monday, and the death toll in the state rose to 18, according to state health officials.

The total includes 1,147 positive cases of Florida residents and 80 cases involving non-Florida residents. The total also includes a small number of Florida residents who tested positive in other states.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also said Monday he planned to issue an order requiring all incoming air passengers from the New York City area to self-quarantine. See FL Will Order NY, NJ Travelers To Self-Quarantine For Coronavirus

With 278 cases, Miami-Dade County has the most confirmed cases of any of Florida's 67 counties. Nearby Broward County, which has a much smaller population than Miami-Dade, has 263 cases.

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DeSantis was at The Villages 55-and-over community Monday to unveil a new testing site there in partnership with the University of Florida.

"If you do not meet even broad screening criteria to have your sample clinically tested, you can still elect to have your sample tested by a separate UF-developed test for COVID," the governor said. "That will go into research to be able to determine how prevalent COVID-19 is among asymptomatic individuals."

DeSantis said people do not need to be a resident of the The Villages to be tested there. Click here for more information.

Unlike the other testing sites, people will also be able to drive up for testing in The Villages on golf carts or motor vehicles.

Palm Beach County, which is just north of Broward County, has 89 cases. Those three South Florida counties, and particularly Broward and Miami-Dade counties, account for more than half of all Florida cases.

In an attempt to provide as much information to our readers as possible, Patch is providing this county-by-county breakdown of the coronavirus cases in Florida's 67 counties, along with the average age of patients and the number of travel-related cases by county: