Florida’s virus cases now up to 49,451; Death toll is 2,190
Florida’s Department of Health on Friday morning confirmed 776 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state total of known cases closer to 50,000.
The state now has a total of 49,451 confirmed cases.
There were also 46 new deaths announced, raising the statewide death toll to 2,190.
HOW MANY CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ARE IN SOUTH FLORIDA?
Less than half of the new cases and new deaths were in South Florida: reported 155 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 12 new deaths. The county’s confirmed total is now at 16,522 with 614 deaths, the highest in the state. reported 66 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. The county’s confirmed total is now at 6,580 with 286 deaths. saw 104 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths. The county’s known total is now at 5,072 with 311 deaths.
confirmed one additional case of the disease and no new deaths. The Florida Keys now have 101 known cases and three deaths.
Here’s a breakdown on what you need to know:
CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES IN FLORIDA
More than half of the state’s known COVID-19 cases are in South Florida’s four counties: MiamiDade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe. MiamiDade continues to lead the state with the most confirmed cases and deaths. It has 16,522 known cases and 614 deaths.
Despite the daily reports of new cases and deaths, local and state officials have previously said that decreases in the daily total of reported cases are signs that social-distancing measures are working.
Officials are also relying on hospitalization data. Unlike testing, which might be limited or take days to report results, hospitalizations can help give officials a real-time visual of how many people are severely ill with COVID-19.
The health department says it doesn’t “have a figure” to reflect the number of people currently hospitalized and only provides the total number of hospitalizations in its statewide and county-level data.
On Friday morning, 171 hospitalizations were added, raising the statewide total count to 9,117.
Scientists are also still working to learn more about the virus, including how many people in the community are actually infected with the disease and have mild or no symptoms, which can make it difficult to determine what percentage of the cases hospitalizations represent.