12,313 new cases, 108 more dead

Florida reported 12,313 new coronavirus cases on Sunday and another 108 new resident deaths linked to COVID- 19. The state has now reported 1,477,010 cases since the pandemic began.

South Florida

Palm Beach County: 662 additional cases and no more deaths. The county now has 91,711 confirmed cases and 1,984 deaths, including 29 non- residents.

Broward County: 1,203 additional cases and 5 more deaths. Broward has a known total of 150,371 cases and 1,954 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. The death tally includes 34 non- residents.

Miami- Dade County: 2,347 additional cases and 48 new deaths. The county now has 326,607 confirmed cases and 4,440 deaths, including 27 non- residents.

Testing and positivity

Public health experts say the virus is considered under control when the COVID- 19 test positivity rate is under 5%. But since Oct. 29, Florida has exceeded 5% in its widely publicized calculation for assessing the rate for testing of residents.

The state reported a daily positivity rate of 10.40% on Sunday, down from 10.77% the day before. This method of calculating positivity counts new infections only, but also counts repeat negative tests, which skews the figure downward.

According to the state, the new reported case numbers reflect the results of 118,307 COVID- 19 tests of Florida residents received from labs in the past day, down from 140,344 results reported the day before.

Palm Beach County: Test results for 7,753 residents were reported Sunday, leading to a daily positivity rate of 8.58%. That’s down from 9.61% the previous day.

Broward County: Test results for 14,219 residents were reported Sunday, leading to a daily positivity rate of 8.59%. That’s down from 9.36% the previous day.

Miami- Dade County: Test results for 28,072 residents were reported Sunday, leading to a daily positivity rate of 8.66%. That’s down from 9.39% the previous day.

Deaths

The state’s pandemic data report shows