COVID-19 in Florida: 2,539 new cases
50 more fatalities statewide
Florida reported 2,539 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday and 50 resident deaths —a substantial drop from Saturday’ s tally of 4,044 new cases and 88 deaths.
Since the pandemic began, the state Department of Health has reported 755,020 cases of the highly contagious coronavirus. As of Sunday, 15,967 residents and 201 non-residents have died fromthe disease.
Most of the deaths happened in recent weeks but were just confirmed in the past day.
Close to 5.73 million people in Florida have been swabbed for the virus since March and 4.96 million have tested negative, state officials say.
The overall positivity rate since the start of the pandemic, according to state data: 13.18%.
Worldwide, more than 1.1 million have died from the highly infectious corona virus, according to Johns Hopkins University’ s Corona virus Resource Center.
More than 39.7 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 across the globe. That includes at least 8.1million here in the U.S. We also have the highest number of deaths: 219,328 as of 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
With coronavirus cases soaring in some regions of the country, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Americans to reconsider traveling to see out-of-town relatives for the Thanksgiving holiday.
“That is unfortunately a risk, when you have people coming from out of town, gathering together in an indoor setting,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Wednesday night on “CBS Evening News”. “It is unfortunate, because that’s such a sacred part of American tradition, the family gathering around Thanksgiving. But that is a risk. … Youmay have to bite the bullet and sacrifice that social gathering, unless you’re pretty certain that the people that you’re dealing with are not infected.”
Fauci, who is 79, said his own three children won’t be visiting this Thanksgiving in an effort to help keep their dad safe.
Testing and positivity rates
Thestate reported adaily positivity rate of 4.68% on Sunday based on Florida’ s method of calculating positivity that counts new infections only. Sunday’s rate is down from the previous day, when it stood at 5.19%.
Johns Hopkins reported Florida’s positivity rate at 13.3% on Sunday. That’s an increase over the 11.4% reported the day before. Unlike state data, Johns Hopkins University doesn’t exclude repeated results for the same individual.
In South Florida, the cumulative positivity rates are 18.07% for Miami-Dade County, 13.2% for Broward County and 12.37% for Palm Beach County, state data shows.
As of Sunday, 987,118 people have been swabbed in Miami-Dade, 614,329 people have been tested in Broward, and 396,277 people have been tested for COVID-19 in Palm Beach County.
Sunday’s report fromthe state shows test results for 57,765 Florida residents received from labs in the past day. That’s down from 83,567 results on Saturday and 84,496 results on Friday.
South Florida
Broward County: 287 additional confirmed coronavirus cases and four more deaths. The county has a known total of 81,107 cases and 1,539 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. In total, 5,863 county residents were tested on Saturday, leading to a daily positivity rate of 4.83% for people with new infections only. That’s down slightly from 4.86% the previous day.
Palm Beach County: 141 additional cases of COVID19 and three more deaths. The county now has 49,011 confirmed cases and 1,513 deaths. In total, 3,474county residents were tested on Saturday, leading to a daily positivity rate of 4% for people with new infections only. That’s up from 3.82% the previous day.
Miami-Dade County: 461 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths. The county now has 178,354 confirmed cases and 3,561 deaths. In total, 10,161 county residents were tested on Saturday, leading to a daily positivity rate of 4.38% for people with new infections only. That’s down from4.76% the previous day.
Hospitalizations
At least 47,053 residents have been hospitalized for the disease since the start of the outbreak, state health officials say. That’s 77 more people who’ve checked into the hospital in the past day.
As of 1:15 p.m. Sunday, 2,004 people across the state were hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19. That’s 42 fewer than the 2,046 hospitalized at noon on Saturday.
Broward County reported 176 patients hospitalized, two fewer than the day before; Palm Beach County had 97, down by one; and Miami-Dade had the most in the state, with 256 people hospitalized. That’s 14fewer than on Saturday.
The online report from the state Agency for Health Care Administration updates several times throughout the day. Hospitalizations hit a peak in late July of about 9,500 patients.
Deaths
Statewide: Sunday’s report shows a total of 15,967 Florida resident deaths. In addition, 201 non-resident deaths have been attributed to the virus.
Long-term care facilities: At least 6,475 deaths have occurred among residents and staff at nursing homes and assisted-living centers throughout Florida. That’s 20 additional deaths in the past day.
Miami-Dade County has reported the highest number of deaths at longterm care facilities, with 834, the same as Saturday. Palm Beach County is second with 672, or one more death in the past day. Broward has reported 437 deaths, two more since Saturday.
National and global view
U.S.: More than 8.1 million people in the country have been infected with the novel coronavirus and 219,328 have died as of 12:30 p.m. Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Coronavirus Resource Center.
World: At least 39.7 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 and 1,111,498 people have died fromthe disease, according to Johns Hopkins. The U.S. has had the most COVID19 cases and deaths of any country. The U.S. has 4.3% of the world’s population, but 20.41% of the world’s cases and 19.73% of the world’s deaths.
Other countries with high COVID-19 death tolls include Brazil with 153,675, India with 114,031, Mexico with 86,059 and the United Kingdom with 43,669.