South Florida surpasses 1,000 deaths.

At least 1,008 people in South Florida have died of the new coronavirus, the state reported Wednesday, an increase of 31 over the previous 24 hours.

The region leads the state in the number of cases. As of Wednesday, Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties have had 24,642 cases, 191 more than the day before.

Broward, Miami-Dade and

Palm Beach counties, home to 29.9% of Florida’s population, have had 56.9% of the state’s coronavirus deaths and 58.1% of the cases.

There have been 1,827 people who have died from COVID-19 in Florida, according to the Department of Health, an increase of 48 over the previous 24 hours.

The state also reported Wednesday that Florida has had a total of 42,402 cases — 479 more than on Tuesday.

Breaking down South Florida’s statistics further, the report released Wednesday shows:

■ Miami-Dade County, the Florida coronavirus hot spot, has had 14,468 cases, an increase of 83 from Tuesday.

The number of deaths in Miami-Dade, 518, is 13 more than it was a day earlier. Miami-Dade County, which has 13% of the state’s population, has 34.1% of the state’s cases and 28.4% of the deaths.

■ Broward has had 5,998 cases, 25 more than Tuesday. There have been 267 deaths, a one-day increase of nine fatalities.

■ Palm Beach County has had 4,176 cases, 83 more than Tuesday. It has had 254 deaths, nine more than Tuesday.

U.S., global view

The coronavirus death toll in the United States rose to 82,391 on

Wednesday morning, including at least than 27,284 victims in the national hot spot of New York.

The country’s total number of cases is almost 1.4 million.

The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University reported 4.3 million cases worldwide.

More than 293,157 people have died.

The United States has 4.3% of the world’s population and 31.9% of the world’s cases.