139 New Coronavirus Deaths Reported In Florida, 3,204 More Cases
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 139 new coronavirus deaths Friday along with another 3,204 cases of the virus.
The total number of deaths in Florida rose to 13,225, up from 13,086 a day earlier. Florida's most recent one-day record of reported deaths was set on Aug. 11. Health officials reported another 162 deaths involving non-Florida residents who died in Florida.
Friday's death total compares to 147 new deaths Thursday, 152 new deaths Wednesday, 145 new coronavirus deaths Tuesday, 34 new deaths Monday, eight new deaths Sunday, 98 new deaths Saturday and 176 new deaths last Friday.
The total number of positive cases of the coronavirus in Florida climbed to 677,660, up from 674,456, a day earlier.
Florida Department of Health officials this week stopped including the number of new deaths in the daily report for news organizations along with the counties that report new deaths.
Floridians must now search all 67 counties on the Florida Department of Health's coronavirus dashboard and compare the results to the previous day's data to find the same information.
Florida's numbers compare to 778,992 cases and 14,890 deaths in California; 705,429 cases and 14,928 deaths in Texas as well as 448,052 cases and 33,085 deaths in New York, according to information compiled by Johns Hopkins.
Florida health officials reported the state's 37th day of daily positivity under 10 percent. The daily positivity rate is calculated by taking the number of people who test PCR-or antigen-positive for the first time divided by all the people tested that day, excluding people who have previously tested positive.
Florida's overall positivity rate, which is cumulative, was at 13.43 percent as of Friday based on 5,045,344 total tests.
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Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, reported 165,980 cases of the virus and 3,027 deaths as of Friday. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 75,266 cases and 1,317 deaths. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach, West Palm and Boca Raton, reported 44,906 cases and 1,272 deaths.
Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 40,349 cases of the virus and 604 deaths while Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 38,623 cases and 431 deaths.
Sarasota County, which includes the city of Sarasota, reported 7,795 cases of the virus and 246 deaths. Manatee County, which includes Bradenton, reported 11,087 cases and 277 deaths. Pinellas County reported 21,359 cases of the virus and 720 deaths while Pasco County reported 8,729 cases and 198 deaths. Polk County, which includes Lakeland, reported 18,915 cases of the virus and 505 deaths.
The state reported 42,234 hospitalizations, up from 42,047 hospitalizations a day earlier. That represents an increase of 187 new hospitalizations over the previous day.
State health officials also reported a total of 2,384 current hospitalizations with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19, down slightly from 2,383 current hospitalizations a day earlier.
This article originally appeared on the Sarasota Patch
