94 New Coronavirus Deaths In 30 Counties Reported In Florida

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 89 new coronavirus deaths Friday along with 3,815 new cases of the virus.

Friday marked Florida's 16th day of daily positivity under 10 percent while officials reported a new statewide positive case total of 615,806, up from 611,991 cases a day earlier.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held an aviation roundtable in Fort Lauderdale on Friday to discuss the effect the virus has had on air travel.

"The fact of the matter is the airplanes have just not been vectors where you've seen a lot of spread of the coronavirus," DeSantis said. "Part of that is because of what they do with the air filtration, what they do for cleanliness. Obviously, they do space people out. They have different mitigation measures in place."

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.

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The total number of deaths in Florida rose to 10,957 on Friday, up from 10,868 a day earlier. Florida's most recent one-day record of 276 reported deaths was set on Aug. 11. Health officials reported another 142 deaths involving non-Florida residents who died in Florida.

Florida's overall positivity rate was at 13.52 percent Friday based on 4,554,563 total tests.

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Thirty of Florida's 67 counties reported 94 new deaths Friday (state health officials reported 89). Charlotte County reported one fewer death and Washington County reported five fewer deaths.

The daily total compares to 135 new deaths Thursday, 156 new deaths Wednesday (health officials reported 153), 183 new deaths Tuesday, 72 new deaths Monday, 52 new deaths on Sunday (health officials reported 51), 106 new deaths Saturday, and 122 new deaths last Friday (health officials reported 119).

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

• Miami-Dade County reported 26 new deaths.
• Broward County reported six new deaths.
• Palm Beach County reported five new deaths.
• Walton County reported five new deaths.
• Lake County reported four new deaths.
• Marion County reported four new deaths.
• Pinellas County reported four new deaths.
• Polk County reported four new deaths.
• Lee County reported three new deaths.
• Sarasota County reported three new deaths.
• Seminole County reported three new deaths.
• Suwannee County reported three new deaths.
• Collier County reported two new deaths.
• Brevard County reported two new deaths.
• Duval County reported two new deaths.
• Highlands County reported two new deaths.
• Nassau County reported two new deaths.
• St. Lucie County reported two new deaths.
• Bay County reported one new death.
• Citrus County reported one new death.
• Escambia County reported one new death.
• Volusia County reported one new death.
• Gulf County reported one new death.
• Hillsborough County reported one new death.
• Indian River, County reported one new death.
• Manatee County reported one new death.
• Monroe County reported one new death.
• Okaloosa County reported one new death.
• Orange County reported one new death.
• Pasco County reported one new death.

The state reported 38,029 hospitalizations Friday, up from 37,718 hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 311 new hospitalizations over the previous day.

State health officials also reported a total of 3,993 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 as of Friday, a decline from 4,289 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 155,418 cases of the virus as of Friday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 70,513 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 41,558 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 36,574 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 35,449 cases.

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

Here is the most recent data available: