Florida Surpasses 100,000 Coronavirus Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Fueled by four record-setting spikes last week, the number of new coronavirus cases in Florida on Monday surpassed the 100,000 mark.

Florida health officials reported a total of 100,217 cases in the state, an increase of 2,926 new cases over the previous 24-hour period. The record of 4,049 new cases was set on Saturday following a string of 1,000-plus case days.

"Somebody who tests positive may not have any symptoms at all and not even know they are infected," Gov. Ron DeSantis said over the weekend. "The vast majority of the cases that we're seeing right now in the state of Florida are presenting without any symptoms."

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and a number of nearby communities responded to the spike in cases by imposing a so-called mask-in-public rule.

"Everyone will have to be wearing a mask in public," Suarez said in announcing the new requirement. "Right now, the mask requirement is only when you are inside, when you are in parks, but are not exercising. Now it will be a public requirement."

DeSantis said many of the people testing positive in the recent spikes are between the ages of 20 and 30.

"Our cases are shifting in a radical direction younger," the governor said. "The vast majority of the people in that queue who test positive do not require clinical attention, and that's just because of the way the coronavirus works."

A Patch review of Florida case data confirms most counties experienced a downward change in the median age of cases since earlier in the month.

Six Florida counties reported 12 new deaths on Monday. That compares with 17 deaths Sunday, 40 deaths on Saturday, 43 new deaths Friday, 43 new deaths Thursday, 25 new deaths Wednesday, 55 new deaths on Tuesday and eight new deaths last Monday.

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Health officials reported 13,119 total hospitalizations as of Monday, which represents an increase of 82 new hospitalizations from 13,037 total hospitalizations a day earlier. The total number of deaths from the coronavirus rose to 3,173 from 3,161 a day earlier.

Lee County reported six new deaths Monday. Pinellas County reported two new deaths.

Hillsborough County reported one new death, as did Lake County, Orange County and Seminole County.

Miami-Dade reported 26,239 cases of the virus as of Monday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 11,327 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes West Palm Beach, reported 10,943 cases.

Those three South Florida counties are still considered the epicenter of Florida's outbreak even though none of the three counties reported new deaths Monday.

Florida had a 6.2 percent positive test rate for the virus Monday based on 1,618,540 tests. The percentage of positive cases has also experienced an increase over the past week.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 5,973 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 5,034 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 Monday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data: