State adds 11,541 cases and 122 deaths
Florida’s Department of Health on Wednesday confirmed 11,541 additional cases of COVID-19 — the most since Friday. The state’s known total is now 1,155,335. Also, 122 new resident deaths were announced for a statewide resident toll of 20,204.
The state added three new nonresident deaths to bring the cumulative nonresident toll to 286.
●Miami- Dade County reported 2,375 additional cases and 12 new deaths, according to Florida’s Department of Health. That made nine out of 10 days in which total cases in the county topped 2,000. Miami-Dade now has 264,673 confirmed cases and 4,017 deaths. Positivity for new cases (people who tested positive for the first time) decreased from 9.02% to 8.96%.
Broward County
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reported 1,371 additional cases and seven new deaths. That’s the most cases reported in the county since Nov. 27 when 1,644 were reported — and that was because two days’ worth of numbers were reported after Thanksgiving. Broward has a known total of 122,883 cases and 1,757 deaths. Positivity for new cases decreased from 8.08% to 7.51%.
●Palm Beach County
saw 456 additional cases and 11 new deaths. The county has 73,998 confirmed cases and 1,796 deaths. Positivity for new cases increased from 8.19% to 8.28%.
●Monroe County confirmed 22 additional cases and two new deaths. The county has a known total of 3,890 cases and 30 deaths. Positivity for new cases increased from 5.73% to 9.17%.
On Wednesday, Florida’s Department of Health reported the results of 122,397 people tested on Tuesday. The positivity rate of new cases decreased from 9.62% to 9.27%.
As of 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, there were 5,156 COVID-19 patients admitted into hospitals throughout the state, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration dashboard. This number is at midAugust levels, when more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients were admitted into hospitals throughout the state.
Of Tuesday’s hospitalizations, 914 were in Miami-Dade, 513 in Broward, 280 in Palm Beach and three in Monroe, according to the agency.
The state has had a total of 58,612 Florida residents hospitalized for COVID-19related complications, according to Florida’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard.