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Coronavirus: Florida reports 738 new cases Monday, fewest in months

Florida is now in Phase 3 of reopening, as coronavirus numbers continue to head in an encouraging direction.

Florida’s coronavirus dashboard shows 738 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday along with five more residents’ deaths, the lowest daily increases the state has seen in months.

Florida is up to 701,302 confirmed cases, 14,037 resident deaths and 170 non-resident deaths from COVID-19. At least 43,606 hospitalizations have been attributed to the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, according to the health department’s dashboard.

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Florida’s statewide positivity rate from yesterday’s testing was 4.23%. Monday was the first time since early June the state announced fewer than 1,000 cases in a day.

One of the newly confirmed deaths was in Broward County and another in Palm Beach County.

On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis citing positive trends and lifted restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, which led many South Floridians to flock to local bars that had been closed for months.

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

County by county

MIAMI-DADE

Cases: 169,466 (+37)

Deaths: 3,228 (-3)

Yesterday’s positivity: 2.70%

BROWARD

Cases: 76,874 (+20)

Deaths: 1,380 (+1)

Yesterday’s positivity: 1.74%

MONROE

Cases: 1,837 (+1)

Deaths: 22 (unchanged)

Yesterday’s positivity: 3.33%

PALM BEACH

Cases: 46,310 (+27)

Deaths: 1,343 (+1)

Yesterday’s positivity: 2.06%

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

Latest totals

The United States has passed 7.1 million confirmed cases, with over 204,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest numbers in the world. Over 2.7 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 33.1 million. There have been more than 998,000 deaths worldwide attributed to the pandemic, with over 22.9 million being declared recovered.

Florida’s daily new cases have trended as follows:

  • Monday: 738
  • Sept. 27: 1,882
  • Sept. 26: 2,795
  • Sept. 25: 2,847
  • Sept. 24: 2,541
  • Sept. 23: 2,590
  • Sept. 22: 2,470
  • Sept. 21: 1,685
  • Sept. 20: 2,521
  • Sept. 19: 3,573
  • Sept. 18: 3,204
  • Sept. 17: 3,255
  • Sept. 16: 2,355
  • Sept. 15: 3,116
  • Sept. 14: 1,736
  • Sept. 13: 2,431
  • Sept. 12: 3,190
  • Sept. 11: 3,650
  • Sept. 10: 2,583
  • Sept. 9: 2,056
  • Sept. 8: 1,823
  • Sept. 7: 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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