Florida Deaths Rise To 46; 3,198 Coronavirus Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The number of coronavirus cases in Florida rose to 3,198 Friday night as the death toll climbed to 46, including the first two deaths in Miami-Dade County. The case total includes 144 people from other areas who tested positive in the state.

As the number of new cases continues to rise, many Florida cities and municipalities have responded with curfews and what officials call safer at home orders to limit the spread of the contagious respiratory illness.

The city of Miami joined other Florida cities in imposing a daily curfew at 10 p.m. Friday. Miami's curfew runs until 5 a.m. each morning.

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties in South Florida still account for more than half of the total number of cases.

Florida's total includes 503 hospitalizations and a positive test rate rate for the virus of 9 percent based on 33,822 tests throughout the state.

With 869 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 631 cases.

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Palm Beach County, which is just north of Broward County, has 241 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa has 168 cases and Orange County, which includes Orlando has 160 cases.

Eighteen Florida counties still had no cases at all as of Friday, which is one reason why Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has not issued a stay-at-home order for the entire state. Suwannee County reported its first case Friday while Washington County reported its first case on Thursday night.

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