Florida Reports 12,199 New Coronavirus Cases

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida health officials reported 12,199 new cases of the coronavirus Saturday as the number of confirmed cases in the state climbed to 414,511 from 402,312 cases a day earlier.

That compares to 445,400 cases in California, 411,200 in the state of New York and 375,846 cases in Texas.

Florida health officials reported 124 new deaths in the state Saturday. Florida set a new record for its deadliest day on Thursday with 173 reported deaths.

While the reported deaths have been spread over an extended period, new deaths have been reported daily over a string of record-setting days.

The death toll in Florida from the coronavirus climbed to 5,777 from 5,653 a day earlier. State health officials reported another 117 non-Florida residents who died in the state from the coronavirus. A county-by-county breakdown of each of the deaths, and when they were counted by state health officials, can be found here.

Twenty-seven of Florida's 67 counties reported new deaths Saturday. The daily total compares with 135 new deaths Friday, 173 new deaths reported Thursday, 140 new deaths reported Wednesday (health officials reported 139), 134 new deaths reported Tuesday, 119 new deaths reported Monday (health officials reported 90 new deaths), 87 new deaths Sunday and 91 new deaths last Saturday (health officials reported 90).

Miami-Dade County reported nine new deaths. Palm Beach County reported eight new deaths. Neighboring Broward County reported 34 new deaths. Those three counties are considered the epicenter of Florida's outbreak.

Duval County which includes Jacksonville, reported 16 new deaths. Orange County reported nine deaths. Lee County reported six new deaths. Martin County reported five new deaths as did Pinellas County, Seminole County and Marion County.

Okaloosa County reported four new deaths. Alachua County reported two new deaths as did Indian River County.

Bay County reported one new death as did Gadsden County, Hernando County, Jackson County, Madison County, Manatee County, Nassau County, Pasco County, Polk County, St. Johns County, St. Lucie County, Sumter County, Union County and Volusia County.

Florida reported a 12.41 percent positive test rate for the virus Saturday as the number of tests reached 3,340,929.

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Health officials reported 23,730 hospitalizations up from 23,225 over the previous 24 hours. That represents an increase of 505 more hospitalizations than reported a day earlier and is among the highest one-day increases since the pandemic began

Miami-Dade, which includes Miami and Miami Beach, for the first time topped the 100,000 case mark Saturday with 101,854 cases of the virus. Nearby Broward County, which includes Fort Lauderdale, reported 48,187 cases. Palm Beach County, which includes Palm Beach and West Palm, reported 29,707 cases.

Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, reported 26,626 cases. Orange County, which includes Orlando, reported 26,559 cases.

In an effort to provide as much information to our readers as possible, Patch is publishing the following county-by-county breakdown of the coronavirus cases in Florida's 67 counties, along with the median age of patients, the number of hospital cases by county and the number of deaths.

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Patch updates this chart once each day based on data provided by the Florida Department of Health. The counties that reported new deaths on Saturday are shown in bold.

Here is the most recent data:

This article originally appeared on the Bradenton Patch