FL's One-Day Spike In Coronavirus Cases Nearly Breaks Record

MIAMI, FL — The confirmed number of new coronavirus cases in Florida came within 25 cases of setting another all-time daily record Friday as state health officials reported 11,433 new cases just under the record 11,458 new cases set on the Fourth of July.

President Donald Trump touched down at Miami International Airport Friday in Florida's hardest hit county from the coronavirus.

The president visited the headquarters of U.S. Southern Command, where he received a briefing on drug trafficking in South America before making a stop at a Miami-area church, which is home to a large Venezuelan community. The president also planned to attend a private campaign fundraiser later in the day.

President Trump and his entourage emerged from Air Force One for the most part not wearing masks despite a Miami-Dade emergency order mandating the use of masks in all public spaces. President Trump was greeted by Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez who was wearing a mask.

Gimenez previously said he expected the president to wear a mask when he visited Miami-Dade County, which has been responsible for some 25 percent of all of Florida's new cases of the virus in recent days.

Before leaving Washington, President Trump rose to the defense of longtime confidante and ally Roger Stone of South Florida, who has yet to begin serving his three-year sentence for lying to Congress and other offenses.

"I think Roger Stone was very unfairly treated as were many people," Trump said before boarding Air Force One. "

Florida had a 10.1 percent positive test rate for the virus Friday as the number of tests administered in the state reached 2,423,992. The percentage of positive cases has been increasing for weeks and the cases have been trending younger.

Many of the new positive cases in the state are of people between the ages of 33 to 37.

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The total number of deaths from the new coronavirus rose to 4,102 from 4,009 a day earlier. State officials reported another 101 deaths in Florida involving non-Florida residents.

Twenty-three Florida counties reported 117 more deaths Friday though state health officials reported only 93 deaths. Patch reached out to health officials for a clarification but did not immediately receive a response.

Friday's death total compares to 120 new deaths Thursday, 49 new deaths reported Wednesday, 63 new deaths Tuesday, 61 new deaths Monday, 28 new deaths Sunday, 18 new deaths Saturday and 64 new deaths last Friday.

Miami-Dade County reported 50 new deaths, possibly a county record. Broward County reported 11 new deaths. Palm Beach County reported eight new deaths.

Orange County reported nine new deaths. Collier County reported six new deaths. Volusia County reported five new deaths. Hillsborough County reported four deaths. Lee County reported three new deaths as did Marion County.

Indian River County reported two new deaths as did Martin County, Pinellas County and Polk County.

Brevard County reported one new death as did Charlotte County, Clay County, Desoto County, Escambia County, Hardee County, Hendry County, Highlands County, St. Johns County and St. Lucie County.

Health officials reported 17,602 hospitalizations up from 17,167 hospitalizations over the previous 24-hour period. That represents an increase of 435 new hospitalizations, which is also among the highest one-day increases.

Miami-Dade reported 58,341 cases of the virus Friday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 26,705 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach and West Palm, reported 19,233 cases.

Those three counties account for 104,279 cases, or some 43 percent of the state's total.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 17,662 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 16,148 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 Friday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data: