Florida adds more than 200 COVID deaths; toll passes 9,700

Florida’s Department of Health on Tuesday confirmed 3,838 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s known total to 579,932. There were also 219 Florida resident deaths announced, bringing the resident death toll to 9,758.

There were no new nonresident deaths announced, leaving the nonresident toll at 135.

Miami-Dade County reported 964 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 45 new deaths, according to Florida’s Department of Health. The county now has 146,990 confirmed cases and 2,126 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases: 10.5%.

Broward County reported 367 additional confirmed cases of the disease and 12 new deaths. The county now has a known total of 67,193 cases and 1,025 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases: 7.6%.

Monroe County reported seven additional cases of the disease and no new deaths, according to the health department. The Florida Keys now have

1,650 confirmed cases and 13 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases: 2.6%.

As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, there were 5,483 COVID-19 patients admitted into hospitals throughout the state, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration dashboard. Of those, 1,090 were in Miami-Dade, 695 in Broward, 360 in Palm Beach and 10 in Monroe counties, according to the agency.

Florida’s current hospitalization data does not always match the hospitalization data reported in MiamiDade’s “New Normal” dashboard. Officials say this could be for a number of reasons including the frequency of daily updates.

On Tuesday, Miami-Dade hospitalizations for COVID-19 complications increased slightly for the first time in weeks. Those hospitalized went up from 1,291 to 1,294, only a three person increase, according to Miami-Dade County’s “New Normal” dashboard.

According to Tuesday’s data, 150 people were discharged and 93 people were admitted.

The state has had a total of 34,695 Florida residents hospitalized for COVID-19related complications, according to Florida’s COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard.

On Tuesday, Florida’s Department of Health reported the results of 56,884 people tested on Monday. The positive rate of new cases (people who tested positive for the first time) was 7.91%.

If retests are included — people who have tested positive once and are being tested for a second time — the positive rate for Sunday’s testing was 11.10% of the total, according to the report.

In total, 5,757,074 tests have been conducted. To date, 4,285,720 people have been tested in Florida. Of the total tested, 567,690 (13.25%) have tested positive. The state says there are 3,814 tests with pending results.