Florida Surpasses 600,000 Coronavirus Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The total number of coronavirus cases in Florida surpassed 600,000 Sunday as state health officials reported one of the lowest increases in new deaths in recent weeks and the 11th day where the daily positivity rate was under 10 percent.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida climbed to 600,571 on Sunday, up from 597,597 a day earlier while Florida health officials reported 51 more deaths and 2,974 new cases of the coronavirus.

Despite the apparent decline in people testing positive for the first time, Florida's overall positivity rate was at 13.54 percent Sunday based on 4,435,417 total tests. Health officials said the daily positivity rate is calculated by taking the number of people who test PCR-or antigen-positive for the first time divided by all the people tested that day, excluding people who have previously tested positive.

The total number of deaths in Florida rose to 10,325 Sunday from 10,274 a day earlier. Florida's most recent one-day record of 276 reported deaths was set on Aug. 11. Health officials reported another 137 deaths involving non-Florida residents who died in Florida.

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Twelve of Florida's 67 counties reported 52 new deaths on Sunday (health officials reported 51). That compares with 106 new deaths Saturday, 122 new deaths on Friday (health officials reported 119), 118 new deaths Thursday (health officials reported 117), 174 new deaths Wednesday, 219 new deaths Tuesday, 87 new deaths Monday (health officials reported 89 deaths) and 107 new deaths Sunday.

Here's a breakdown of the counties reporting new deaths:

• Miami-Dade County reported five new deaths.
• Broward County reported 25 new deaths.
• Marion County reported seven new deaths.
• Lee County reported four new deaths.
• Pinellas County reported four new deaths.
• Hillsborough County reported one new death.
• Indian River County reported one new death.
• Jackson County reported one new death.
• Leon County reported one new death.
• Seminole County reported one new death.
• St. Johns County reported one new deaths.
• Monroe County reported one new death.

The state reported 36,468 hospitalizations up from 36,329 hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 139 new hospitalizations over the previous day, which is among the lowest increases in recent weeks.

State health officials reported a total of 4,578 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 as of Sunday, down from 4,773 current hospitalizations a day earlier.

In an effort to provide as much information to our readers as possible, Patch has been publishing a daily 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.

Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, reported 151,986 cases of the virus as of Sunday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 69,136 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 40,570 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 35,721 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 34,662 cases.

Patch updates this chart once each day based on data provided by the Florida Department of Health. The counties that reported new deaths Sunday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data available: