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Florida reported 2,431 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday along with 8 deaths. The positivity rate from yesterday’s tests was 4.26%, down from 4.42% from Sunday.
Those numbers come as Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that Miami-Dade and Broward counties can begin Phase 2 of reopening beginning Monday.
Encouraging trends in positivity rates have also led the state to declare that bars can reopen at 50% capacity starting Monday, though local leaders can still restrict that, which Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has already said he’ll do.
Florida is now up to 663,994 confirmed cases, 12,608 resident deaths and 41,297 hospitalizations attributed to the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, according to the state health department’s dashboard.
Another 156 nonresidents have died from COVID-19 in the state.
The new deaths reported over the past 24 hours include 1 in Broward and 0 in Palm Beach. Miami-Dade County reported a total of 2,880 deaths from its report of 2,882 on Sunday with DOH reporting -2 for its death total in the 24 hour period. The Department of Health does state that its daily data is provisional and subject to change.
The statewide positivity rate over the past seven days is 4.93% and the two-week positivity rate is 4.95%.
State positivity rate
County by county
MIAMI-DADE
Cases: 164,086 (+296)
Deaths: 2,880 (-2)
Yesterday’s positivity: 4.34%
14-day positivity: 6.44%
7-day positivity: 5.88%
BROWARD
Cases: 74,434 (+245)
Deaths: 1,280 (+1)
Yesterday’s positivity: 3.02%
14-day positivity: 4.13%
7-day positivity: 3.24%
MONROE
Cases: 1,779 (+11)
Deaths: 20 (unchanged)
Yesterday’s positivity: 3.57%
14-day positivity: 8.79%
7-day positivity: 4.03%
PALM BEACH
Cases: 44,025 (+192)
Deaths: 1,196 (unchanged)
Yesterday’s positivity: 3.25%
14-day positivity: 3.14%
7-day positivity: 3.53%
For more detailed data on every county from the latest Florida Department of Health report, click here.
Latest totals
The United States has passed 6.5 million confirmed cases, with over 193,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest numbers in the world. Over 3.5 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 28.8 million. There have been more than 920,000 deaths worldwide attributed to the pandemic, with over 19.5 million being declared recovered.
Florida’s daily new cases have trended as follows:
Sunday: 2,431
Saturday: 3,190
Friday: 3,650
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
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