This daily update is designed to put everything into perspective with straight-forward facts. As of today, there are 432 cases and nine deaths in Florida. Nationally, there are 14,366 cases, 217 deaths and 125 recovered. Worldwide, we have 246,107 cases, 10,049 deaths and 88,483 recovered.
The United States remains 6th in the world in total cases after Thursday. We experienced the biggest day for new diagnosed cases as more than 4,900 over the past 24 hours. The most disconcerting aspect of the virus at this point remains the death/recovery rate based on closed cases. It has risen to 10% after having reached a low of 6% two weeks ago.
Thursday brought about 104 new diagnosed cases in Florida and the 9th death due to coronavirus. If you’re looking for a silver lining, the new case count was actually down from the previous day. In Governor DeSantis’s daily update, he indicated Florida had the shipment of swabs en route that had been ordered on March 9th and that would allow Florida to be able to make use of the 600,000 COVID-19 tests the state has on hand. Five new Florida counties had their first positive tests on Thursday including Martin County.
The range in age for positive tests in our state now ranges from 6 to 89 and 52% of all of Florida’s cases currently are in the tri-county area with Miami-Dade passing Broward for the most cases in the state. As of now, there are 96 cases in Broward, 101 in Miami-Dade, and 29 in Palm Beach.
In the early going of testing, we’re seeing a really high rate of positive tests in Florida. To date, 20% of all test results for COVID-19 have come back positive. That’s dropped 5% over the past day which is improved news. It remains much higher than the guidance provided by the Coronavirus Task Force. Nationally and internationally which have ranged from 1%-4%. There are 1,126 outstanding tests awaiting results, a smaller number than this time yesterday. Still, expect these numbers to increase considerably over the next day and through the weekend.
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