Coronavirus: Florida reports 2,583 more cases Thursday, 200+ deaths

Statewide positivity rate of 5.54% for yesterday’s tests

Florida's COVID-19 infection rate has been steadily lowering over recent weeks. (Hans Pennink, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Florida reported 2,583 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday along with 211 more residents’ deaths.

The state is now up to 654,731 confirmed cases, 12,326 resident deaths and 40,807 hospitalizations attributed to the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, according to the state health department’s dashboard.

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Another 156 nonresidents have died from COVID-19 in the state, including two more announced Thursday.

The new deaths reported over the past 24 hours include 49 in Miami-Dade County, 14 in Broward and nine in Palm Beach County.

The statewide positivity rate from Wednesday’s tests was 5.54%.

Encouraging trends in the positivity rates have Broward County leaders discussing further reopening and relaxation of restrictions after Palm Beach County joined Phase 2 of the state’s reopening plan this week.

A look at Florida's COVID-19 positivity rate over recent days. (Florida Department of Health)

County by county

MIAMI-DADE

Cases: 162,894 (+461)

Deaths: 2,789 (+49)

Yesterday’s positivity: 5.63%

BROWARD

Cases: 73,869 (+173)

Deaths: 1,258 (+14)

Yesterday’s positivity: 3.73%

MONROE

Cases: 1,767 (+4)

Deaths: 20 (unchanged)

Yesterday’s positivity: 5.56%

PALM BEACH

Cases: 43,532 (+110)

Deaths: 1,187 (+9)

Yesterday’s positivity: 3.75%

For more detailed data on every county from the latest Florida Department of Health report, click here.

Latest totals

The United States has passed 6.3 million confirmed cases, with over 190,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest numbers in the world. Over 2.3 million Americans have been deemed recovered, according to data compiled from various sources by Johns Hopkins University.

Worldwide, the number of COVID-19 cases reported has surpassed 27.9 million. There have been more than 904,000 deaths worldwide attributed to the pandemic, with over 18.8 million being declared recovered.

Florida’s daily new cases have trended as follows:

  • Thursday: 2,583
  • Wednesday: 2,056
  • Tuesday: 1,823
  • Monday: 1,838
  • Sept. 6: 2,564
  • Sept. 5: 3,656
  • Sept. 4: 3,198
  • Sept. 3: 3,571
  • Sept. 2: 2,402
  • Sept. 1: 7,569* (includes a data backlog)
  • Aug. 31: 1,885
  • Aug. 30: 2,583
  • Aug. 29: 3,197
  • Aug. 28: 3,815
  • Aug. 27: 3,269
  • Aug. 26: 3,220
  • Aug. 25: 2,673
  • Aug. 24: 2,258
  • Aug. 23: 2,974
  • Aug. 22: 4,311
  • Aug. 21: 4,684
  • Aug. 20: 4,555
  • Aug. 19: 4,115
  • Aug. 18: 3,838
  • Aug. 17: 2,678
  • Aug. 16: 3,779
  • Aug. 15: 6,532
  • Aug. 14: 6,148
  • Aug. 13: 6,236
  • Aug. 12: 8,109* (includes a data backlog)
  • Aug. 11: 5,831
  • Aug. 10: 4,155
  • Aug. 9: 6,229
  • Aug. 8: 8,502
  • Aug. 7: 7,686
  • Aug. 6: 7,650
  • Aug. 5: 5,409
  • Aug. 4: 5,446
  • Aug. 3: 4,752
  • Aug. 2: 7,104
  • Aug. 1: 9,642
  • July 31: 9,007
  • July 30: 9,956
  • July 29: 9,446
  • July 28: 9,230
  • July 27: 8,892
  • July 26: 9,344
  • July 25: 12,199
  • July 24: 12,444
  • July 23: 10,249
  • July 22: 9,785
  • July 21: 9,440
  • July 20: 10,347
  • July 19: 12,478
  • July 18: 10,328
  • July 17: 11,466
  • July 16: 13,965
  • July 15: 10,181
  • July 14: 9,194
  • July 13: 12,624
  • July 12: 15,300
  • July 11: 10,360
  • July 10: 11,433
  • July 9: 8,935
  • July 8: 9,989
  • July 7: 7,347
  • July 6: 6,336
  • July 5: 10,059
  • July 4: 11,458
  • July 3: 9,488
  • July 2: 10,109
  • July 1: 6,563
  • June 30: 6,093
  • June 29: 5,266
  • June 28: 8,530
  • June 27: 9,585
  • June 26: 8,942
  • June 25: 5,004
  • June 24: 5,511
  • June 23: 3,289
  • June 22: 2,926
  • June 21: 3,494
  • June 20: 4,049
  • June 19: 3,822
  • June 18: 3,207
  • June 17: 2,610
  • June 16: 2,783
  • June 15: 1,758
  • June 14: 2,016
  • June 13: 2,581
  • June 12: 1,902
  • June 11: 1,698
  • June 10: 1,371
  • June 9: 1,096

Related links

List of cases by city in South Florida

Hospital bed capacity and availability

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