11,699 new COVID-19 cases, most since July, as total deaths near 20,000
Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard reported 11,699 more confirmed cases Friday, replacing Thursday’s case total as the most since July 25, and puts the state’s death toll at 19,977.
On July 25, Florida reported 12,199 new cases.
Friday made five of the past nine days with new case totals at 10,000 or above.
With another 123 resident deaths and three nonresident deaths, the state’s pandemic totals now sit at 1,106,396 cases, 19,714 resident deaths and 19,977 total deaths.
Florida’s total case count is the third-highest in the country, after California and Texas, according to
The New York Times.
The state’s average daily positive test rate is 7.93% over the last seven days, compared with 8.23% the previous seven days.
Miami-Dade County
● reported 2,120 more confirmed cases, bringing the known total to 253,403, according to Florida’s Department of Health. The county also added 16 deaths to bring the toll to 3,959. The one-day positive test rate for new cases (people who tested positive for the first time) fell to 7.91% from 8.60%. The average daily positive rate, according to the state’s county-by-county report, was 8.22% for the last seven days after being at 9.54% the previous seven days.
Broward County re
● ported 987 more cases and seven new deaths. Broward has a known total of 118,512 cases and 1,728 deaths, according to the health department. The positive test rate was 6.37% and the average daily positive rate for the last seven days was 7.31%, down from 7.83% the previous seven days.
Palm Beach County saw 725 additional cases and 10 new deaths, the health department said.
The county has 71,691 confirmed cases and 1,766 deaths. The single-day positive test rate increased to 7.85%, but the average daily positive test rate for the last seven days was 7.26%, down from 7.60% for the previous seven days.
Monroe County confirmed 40 additional cases and no new deaths. The county has a known total of 3,770 cases and 28 deaths.
On Friday, Florida’s Department of Health reported the results of 133,046 residents tested on Thursday. The positivity rate was 7.9%.
As of 4 p.m. Friday, there were 4,624 COVID-19 patients admitted into hospitals throughout the state, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration dashboard. This is a big jump from what the state was reporting last month and approaching early August, when more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients were admitted into hospitals throughout the state.
Of Friday’s hospitalizations, 430 were in Broward, 277 in Palm Beach and six in Monroe, according to the agency.
On Friday, Miami-Dade hospitalizations for COVID-19 complications jumped by 25 patients to 865, according to Miami-Dade County’s New Normal dashboard. There were 182 patients in ICUs, down eight from the previous day but up 18 from a week ago. According to Friday’s data, 101 people were discharged and 93 people were admitted.
The state has had 57,728 Florida residents hospitalized for COVID-19-related complications, according to the state dashboard.