Florida reports more than 4,000 new COVID cases
Florida’s Department of Health on Saturday confirmed 4,544 new cases of COVID-19, and MiamiDade’s surge puts the county over 200,000 cases. The state now has 875,096 confirmed cases, the third-highest state in the country, after Texas and California, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Also, Florida announced 44 resident deaths, bringing the resident death toll to 17,489. One new non-resident death was announced, bringing the non-resident toll to 215.
Though Saturday’s count was lower than Friday’s 6,933 new cases — the highest single-day count since Aug. 12 when Florida added 8,109 cases, excluding the Sept. 1 Quest Diagnostics data dump of 7,569 single-day cases — testing was also down due to the lingering floods of Tropical Storm Eta.
Most South Florida coronavirus testing sites reopened after Eta’s wind and rain subsided earlier last week.
• Miami-Dade County reported 1,187 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one new death, according to Florida’s Department of Health. The cases declined from Friday’s 1,876 but Saturday’s figure brings the county total to 200,259 confirmed cases and 3,707 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases increased from 9.16% to 9.53%. The 14-day percent positivity average was
7.36%, according to Miami
Dade County’s “New Normal” Dashboard.
• Broward County reported 354 additional confirmed cases and four new deaths. The county now has a known total of 93,868 cases and 1,535 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases decreased from 8.88% to 8.68%.
• Palm Beach County saw 300 additional confirmed cases and two new deaths. The county now has 57,661 confirmed cases and 1,622 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases increased from 8.99% to 10.09%.
• Monroe County confirmed eight additional cases and no new deaths. The county has a known total of 2,752 cases and 25 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases decreased from 13.06% to 8.16%.
As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, there were 3,150 COVID-19 patients admitted into hospitals throughout the state, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration dashboard. The numbers are surging though this is a decrease from early August, when more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients were admitted into hospitals. Of Saturday’s hospitalizations, 440 were in MiamiDade, 300 in Broward, 226 in Palm Beach and eight in Monroe.
On Saturday, Miami-Dade hospitalizations for COVID-19 complications increased from 531 to 545. According to the data, 85 people were discharged and 65 were admitted.