Florida Sets Another 1-Day Record In Coronavirus Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida set another one-day record for coronavirus cases Thursday as health officials reported 3,207 new cases over the previous 24-hour period.

This was the second day this week Florida set a record for a one-day spike in new cases with the previous record of 2,783 cases set on Tuesday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has blamed the increase largely on increased testing of people who are asymptomatic. He told reporters earlier this week he had no plans to roll back the state's reopening.

The total number of cases in Florida reached 85,926 as of Thursday, up from 82,719 cases over the previous 24-hour period. Health officials also reported 1,758 new cases on Monday and more than 2,000 new cases on both Saturday and Sunday following a string of 1,000-plus case days.

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Eighteen Florida counties reported 43 new deaths Thursday over the previous 24-hour period. That compares to 25 new deaths Wednesday, 55 new deaths on Tuesday, eight new deaths Monday, six new deaths Sunday, 48 new deaths Saturday, 30 news deaths Friday and 47 new deaths Thursday.

Health officials reported 188 new hospitalizations from the coronavirus across Florida over the previous 24-hour period. The number of deaths from the coronavirus reached 3,061 Thursday, up from 3,018, a day earlier.

Miami-Dade reported nine new deaths Thursday. Broward County reported five new deaths. Palm Beach County reported six new deaths.

Manatee County reported five new deaths. Lake County reported three deaths. Escambia County reported two new deaths as did Pinellas County.

Alachua County reported one new death as did Charlotte County, Collier County, Duval County, Hillsborough County, Lee County, Martin County, Polk County, Seminole County, St. Johns County and Volusia County.

Miami-Dade reported 23,854 cases of the virus Thursday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 10,111 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes West Palm Beach, reported 9,854 cases.

Those three South Florida counties are considered the epicenter of Florida's outbreak, accounting for 43,819 cases — or about 51 percent — of the total cases in Florida. Last month, those same three South Florida Counties accounted for about 58 percent of the cases, which indicates other Florida counties are now seeing a greater share of cases.

Florida had a 5.7 percent positive test rate for the virus based on a total of 1,512,315 tests that had been administered as of Thursday. The number of hospitalizations in Florida increased to 12,577 from 12,389 a day earlier.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 4,610 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 3,900 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: