COVID has infected nearly 1 out of 100 Floridians

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida reported 6,336 new coronavirus cases Monday for a total of 206,447 and 47 new fatalities to bring the death toll to 3,778.

There have now been 213,794 positive results of coronavirus in Florida, according to the state Department of Health, which is nearly 1 in 100 people in the state.

Based on the 2019 estimated population of Florida from the U.S. Census of nearly 21.5 million, the 7,347 new positive cases of COVID-19 brought the state's total close to that mark. Thousands would have already recovered from the infection, although the state DOH does not report that data. At the same time, the state has now given close to 2.3 million tests, which means it has given tests to the equivalent of more than 1 in 10 people in the state.

With 63 new reported deaths, the death toll for Florida residents rose to 3,841, which is close to 1 out of every 5,600 people, much lower than some of the harder hit states that endured deadlier outbreaks initially as coronavirus spread across the U.S. earlier this year. The state also has reported another 102 nonFlorida resident deaths due to COVID-19 to date. To be clear, the 63 reported deaths in Tuesday's update does not mean they all died on Monday. Deaths could have occurred as far back as two weeks before they are reported by the state.

To that end, reported deaths have been climbing in recent weeks.

The death toll had dropped for nearly two months with less than 300 deaths a week, but climbed back over with the 312 reported from Sunday-Sunday ending July 5. That's the first marked the first time since the week ending May 10, which saw the largest number of reported weekly deaths at 342.

The state's actual deadliest day was May 4 with 59 fatalities, according to the Florida Department of Health, which maintains a graphic on its dashboard of deaths by day. Daily deaths there dipped down since mid-May but have recently picked up again. June 23 lists 51 deaths and June 22 has 50. Deaths are added as they are reported to the state, so sometimes it can take up to two weeks for data to be reflected on the graph.

South Florida, home to 29% of Florida's population, accounts for about 43% of cases with 91,291 total. That includes 3,201 new cases reported Tuesday among Miami-Dade (51,058), Broward (22,595), and Palm Beach (17,638) counties.