Florida adds 6,200 cases as death toll surpasses 8,900

Florida’s Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 6,236 additional cases of COVID-19, pushing the state’s known total to 557,137. An additional 148 Florida resident deaths were also announced, bringing the statewide resident death toll to 8,913.

The health department updated its non-resident death toll with one additional death, bringing that count up to 134.

Miami-Dade County reported 1,713 additional confirmed cases and 15 new deaths, according to Florida’s Department of Health. The county has 140,984 confirmed cases and 1,954 deaths. Positivity for new cases: 12.7%

Broward County reported 661 additional cases and 24 new deaths. The county has a known total of 64,741 cases and 883 deaths. Positivity for new cases: 9.1%

Palm Beach County saw 274 additional cases and 10 new deaths. The county has 38,208 cases and 964 deaths. Positivity for new cases: 7.0%

Monroe County reported 21 additional cases and no new deaths, according to the health department, and has 1,577 confirmed cases and 13 deaths. Positivity for new cases: 7.1%

The Florida Department of Health says that each county’s percent positivity for new cases (people who tested positive for the first time) does not include retests (people who have tested positive once and are being tested for a second time.

Here’s a breakdown on what you need to know:

As of 1:31 p.m. Thursday, there were 6,325 COVID-19 patients admitted into hospitals throughout the state, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration dashboard.

On Thursday, Miami-Dade hospitalizations for COVID-19 complications decreased from 1,568 to 1,498, according to Miami-Dade County’s “New Normal” dashboard. According to Thursday’s data, 154 people were discharged and 98 people were admitted.

On Thursday, Florida’s Department of Health reported the results of 78,247 people tested on Wednesday. The positive rate of new cases (people who tested positive for the first time) was 9.52%.

If retests are included — people who have tested positive once and are being tested for a second time — the positive rate for Tuesday’s testing was 13.86% of the total, according to the report.

In total, 5,497,351 tests have been conducted. To date, 4,128,584 people have been tested in Florida. Of the total tested, 557,137 (13.49%) have tested positive. The state says there are 3,618 tests with pending results.