2,145 new cases and 105 more deaths in state.
Florida reported 2,145 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, which was down from Tuesday’s tally of 3,662 new infections.
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, the state Department of Health has reported 762,534 people have tested positive for the highly contagious disease.
Officials on Wednesday reported that another 105 people have died from COVID-19 complications. Most of these deaths happened in recent weeks but were just confirmed in the past day.
As of Wednesday, 16,210 residents and 203 non-residents have died from COVID-19 illness, but those figures are now under scrutiny, according to the state Department of Health.
But the state also challenged the integrity of the data Wednesday, saying 32 of those deaths may not have been due to COVID-19.
South Florida
Broward County: 167 additional confirmed coronavirus cases and 27 fewer deaths, presumably now that the death data has been challenged. The county has a known total of 81,704 cases and 1,519 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Palm Beach County: 82 additional cases of COVID-19 and 19 more deaths. The county now has 49,380 confirmed cases and 1,553 deaths.
Dr. Alina Alonso, health department director for the county, said she was concerned about the growing number of daily cases.
“I’m not causing panic,” Alonso said. “I’m simply saying that we have to be very cautious as we look at these numbers and try to determine where they’re coming from and be prepared to do what we need to do to put perhaps additional control measures in terms of stopping the spread of COVID.”
Miami-Dade County: 358 additional confirmed cases of COVID19 and 10 fewer deaths. The county now has 179,644 confirmed cases and 3,572 deaths.