Florida Coronavirus Cases Surpass 60,000 Mark

TALLAHASSEE, FL — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida surpassed the 60,000 mark Thursday as state officials reported 1,419 new cases of the virus over the previous 24-hour period.

Florida has a total of 60,183 confirmed cases throughout the state and 2,607 deaths from 2,566 a day earlier. Health officials also reported 113 new hospitalizations over the previous 24-hour period.

Eleven Florida counties reported 42 new deaths Thursday compared to 35 new deaths Wednesday, 71 new deaths Tuesday, seven on Monday, two on Sunday, 34 deaths on Saturday, 49 deaths Friday and 45 deaths last Thursday. Two counties each reported one fewer death on Thursday.

Miami-Dade reported 15 new deaths Thursday. Palm Beach County reported four new deaths. Broward County reported seven new deaths.

Collier County reported four new deaths. Polk County reported three new deaths. Manatee County reported two new deaths as did Orange County and Sarasota County. Bay County reported one new death as did Hillsborough County and Lee County.

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Miami-Dade reported 18,779 confirmed cases of the virus Thursday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 7,462 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes West Palm Beach, reported cases.

Florida had a 5.4 percent positive test rate for the virus based on a total of 1,107,952 tests that had been administered as of Thursday. The number of hospitalizations in Florida increased to 10,652 from 10,525 a day earlier.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 2,479 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 2,169 cases.

In an attempt 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 Thursday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data: