FL Coronavirus Update: 10,328 New Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 337,569 total coronavirus cases in the state Saturday, an increase of 10,328 new cases over the previous total of 327,241 a day earlier.

The mayor of Florida's hardest hit county from the coronvirus issued an unusual appeal for his 2.8 million residents Friday, asking them to avoid their friends and family for a few weeks.

"I know that we have a lot of our family that lives in our community and we love to get together with our family because we love them dearly," Mayor Carlos Gimenez urged. "But, maybe for a couple weeks, how bout not doing that too much? How bout just basically staying to yourself? Stay away from your friends for a while."

The increasing number of cases has put a strain on Florida hospitals, forcing some facilities to postpone elective surgeries and bring in contract medical personnel to meet staffing challenges.

Florida's death toll rose to 4,895 from 4,805 a day earlier. State officials also reported another 107 non-Florida residents who died in the state.

Florida counties reported 91 new deaths Saturday (health officials reported 90). That compares with 128 new deaths on Friday, 157 new deaths on Thursday, 113 new deaths Wednesday, 132 new deaths on Tuesday, 35 new deaths on Monday, 45 new deaths Sunday, 94 new deaths Saturday (health officials reported 95) and 117 new deaths last Friday (health officials reported 93).

Lake County reported one fewer death as did Levy County.

Miami-Dade County reported four new deaths. Palm Beach County reported seven new deaths. Neighboring Broward County reported 11 new deaths.

Orange County reported 14 new deaths. Polk County reported 12 new deaths. Pinellas County reported 10 new deaths.

Marion County reported eight new deaths as did Seminole County. Brevard County reported three new deaths as did Jackson County. Pasco County reported two new deaths.

Escambia County reported one new death as did Gadsden County, Hillsborough County, Martin County, Nassau County, St. Johns County, St. Lucie County, Sumter County and Volusia County.

Florida reported an 11.5 percent positive test rate for the virus Saturday as the number of tests administered in the state reached 2,935,521.

State officials acknowledged this week that an undisclosed number of private medical testing laboratories in recent days failed to report negative coronavirus test results, which may have skewed some of Florida's coronavirus data.

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Health officials reported 20,632 hospitalizations, up from 20,191 over the previous 24-hour period. That represents an increase of 441 more hospitalizations than reported a day earlier.

Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, reported 81,026 cases of the virus Saturday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 38,131 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach and West Palm, reported 25,045 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 23,103 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 22,518 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 Saturday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data: