Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida increased by more than 5,100 on Saturday, bringing the state’s total to more than 2 million as the number of virus-related deaths has increased by more than 60.
The 5,105 new confirmed COVID-19 cases have raised Florida’s total to 2,004,362 since the outbreak began, according to data released by the state health department.
Another 62 virus-related deaths among Florida residents were reported on Saturday, bringing the total to 32,713. An additional 624 deaths of non-residents have been confirmed in the state to date. Most recently confirmed deaths occurred days or weeks earlier.
The positivity rate for new cases in the state was 5.39% in the coronavirus health department report on Saturday, a slight increase from Friday’s 5.02% rate.
In South Florida, Miami-Dade County reached 433,452 cases on Saturday, an increase of 1,275 since Friday, along with a total of 5,724 COVID-related deaths, an increase of eight since Friday.
In Broward County, there were 207,580 COVID-19 cases reported, a daily increase of 691, along with 2,591 virus-related deaths, 11 more than Friday’s total.
Palm Beach County had 127,830 cases and 2,596 virus-related deaths on Saturday, while Monroe County had 6,221 cases and 48 deaths.