Coronavirus: Florida reports 1,685 new cases Monday; U.S. nears 200,000 deaths

Statewide positivity rate of 4.36%

A health care worker administers a COVID-19 test at a site sponsored by Community Heath of South Florida in Homestead. (AP photo by Lynne Sladky)

Florida reported 1,685 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday along with 21 more residents’ deaths as the United States inches closer to 200,000 deaths resulting from the pandemic.

Florida is now up to 685,439 confirmed cases, 13,317 resident deaths and 163 non-resident deaths from COVID-19. At least 42,543 hospitalizations have been attributed to the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, according to the state health department’s dashboard.

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New deaths confirmed over the past 24 hours include two in Broward. Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Monroe counties didn’t report any additional fatalities according to the state dashboard.

The statewide positivity rate from yesterday’s testing was 4.36%. The 14-day average is 4.6% and the 7-day is 4.38%.

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

County by county

MIAMI-DADE

Cases: 167,153 (+272)

Deaths: 3,055 (unchanged)

Yesterday’s positivity: 3.67%

14-day positivity: 4.55%

7-day positivity: 4.12%

BROWARD

Cases: 75,801 (+119)

Deaths: 1,322 (+2)

Yesterday’s positivity: 2.50%

14-day positivity: 3%

7-day positivity: 3%

MONROE

Cases: 1,808 (-1)

Deaths: 22 (unchanged)

Yesterday’s positivity: 3.57%

14-day positivity: 2.84%

7-day positivity: 2.69%

PALM BEACH

Cases: 45,425 (+96)

Deaths: 1,277 (unchanged)

Yesterday’s positivity: 3.17%

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

Latest totals

The United States has passed 6.8 million confirmed cases, with over 199,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest numbers in the world. Over 2.5 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 31.1 million. There have been more than 961,000 deaths worldwide attributed to the pandemic, with over 21.2 million being declared recovered.

Florida’s daily new cases have trended as follows:

  • Monday: 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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