Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition
Death toll nears 2,000; 45,588 cases reported
Florida’s death toll for the new coronavirus neared 2,000 Sunday with South Florida accounting for a majority of the confirmed cases.
As of Sunday, 1,973 people have died from COVID-19 across Florida, the state Health Department reported. That’s an increase of nine over the previous 24 hours.
Florida reported 45,888 infections, which is 777 more than Saturday. Also, 8,230 people have been treated at hospitals since the outbreak began.
At least 26,425 people in
South Florida have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the state reported Friday. That’s 418 more than the day before.
The Department of Health data also shows that 1,115 people in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties have died from COVID-19, up three from Saturday.
The three South Florida counties, home to 29.9% of Florida’s population, have had 56.6% of the state’s coronavirus deaths and 58% of the cases. The region leads the state in the number of cases.
Breaking down South Florida’s statistics further, the report released Sunday shows:
Miami-Dade County, the Florida coronavirus hot spot, has had 15,658 cases, an increase of 292 from Saturday. The number of deaths in Miami-Dade, 561, is two more than it was a day earlier. Miami-Dade County, which has 13% of the state’s population, has 34.3% of the state’s cases and 28.4% of the deaths.
Broward has had 6,243 cases, 42 more than Friday. There have been 279 deaths, an increase of one in the past 24 hours.
Palm Beach County has had 4,524 cases, 84 more than Saturday. It has had 275 deaths, the same number as the day before.
Eight drive-thru testing sites and four walk-up locations were closed Friday and through the weekend because of inclement weather.
The state also says 653,081 people have been swabbed for COVID-19, with a rate of 7% who have tested positive.
The coronavirus death toll in the United States rose to 88,836 on Sunday morning, including at least 28,049 victims in the national hot spot of New York. The country has more than 1.4 million cases.
The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University reported more than 4.6 million cases worldwide. At least 312,381 people have died.