FL Coronavirus Update: 36 Counties Report Deaths; 2,402 New Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported new coronavirus deaths in 36 counties Wednesday and another 2,402 cases of the virus over the previous 24-hour period.

Florida counties reported 128 new deaths (health officials reported 127) as health officials reported Florida's 21st day of daily positivity under 10 percent. Officials reported a new statewide positive case total of 633,442 new cases, up from 631,040.

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 11,501 on Wednesday, up from 11,374 a day earlier. Florida's most recent one-day record of 276 reported deaths was set on Aug. 11. Health officials reported another 150 deaths involving non-Florida residents who died in Florida.

Florida's overall positivity rate was at 13.48 percent Wednesday based on 4,700,822 total tests.

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Wednesday's death total compares to 187 new deaths Tuesday, 68 new deaths Monday, 14 new deaths Sunday, 148 new deaths Saturday, 94 new deaths Friday (state health officials reported 89), 135 new deaths Thursday, 156 new deaths Wednesday (health officials reported 153) and 183 new deaths last Tuesday.

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

• Miami-Dade County reported 17 new deaths.
• Palm Beach County reported six new deaths.
• Broward County reported 10 new deaths.
• Brevard County reported eight new deaths.
• Polk County reported eight new deaths.
• Sarasota County reported seven new deaths.
• Orange County reported five new deaths.
• Lee County reported five new deaths.
• Marion County reported five new deaths.
• Okeechobee County reported four new deaths.
• Hillsborough County reported three new deaths.
• Bay County reported three new deaths.
• Collier County reported three new deaths.
• Duval County reported three new deaths.
• Hernando County reported three new deaths.
• Indian River County reported three new deaths.
• Lake County reported three new deaths.
• Manatee County reported three new deaths.
• Pasco County reported three new deaths.
• Suwannee County reported three new deaths.
• Volusia County reported three new deaths.
• Highlands County reported two new deaths.
• Nassau County reported two new deaths.
• Okaloosa County reported two new deaths.
• Osceola County reported two new deaths.
• Pinellas County reported two new deaths.
• Charlotte County reported one new death.
• Citrus County reported one new death.
• Escambia County reported one new death.
• Gulf County reported one new deaths.
• Leon County reported one new death.
• Madison County reported one new death.
• Santa Rosa County reported one new death.
• St. Johns County reported one new death.
• St. Lucie County reported one new death.
• Sumter County reported one new death.

The state reported 39,158 hospitalizations up from 38,859 hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 299 new hospitalizations over the previous day.

State health officials also reported a total of 3,549 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, down from 3,624 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 159,400 cases of the virus as of Wednesday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 72,371 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 42,518 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 37,668 cases of the virus while Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported cases of the virus.

Patch's County-By-County Coronavirus Data

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

Here is the most recent data available: