COVID-19 May 13th Update

The news continued to improve on Monday. Newly diagnosed cases were slightly higher in the US than the prior two days, however, yesterday’s new case count was still the third-lowest of any day since March 29th. That's continuing the positive trend of declining cases as most of the country is in some state of reopening. There continues to be evidence that states are able to begin to reopen while simultaneously reducing the spread of the virus while increasing testing. Outside of the US, Russia is now third in total cases, along with Brazil continue to be the areas of greatest growth and concern. 

Worldwide, there are 4,354,545 cases, 293,033 deaths, and 1,609,611 recoveries. Nationally, we have 1,408,636 cases, 83,425 deaths, 296,746 recoveries. And in Florida, we have 41,923 cases and 1,779 deaths.

In Florida, we had 941 new cases and 47 deaths over the past day. Tuesday wasn’t a good day in Florida. The newly diagnosed case count was the highest since May 1st, prior to Florida’s phase one reopening and will raise concerns about reopening should it continue. This jump in new cases comes after two of the four prior days had the lowest new case count since March. Without a doubt, this will be closely watched by state officials going forward. 

Florida remains 8th in the country in total cases and 10th in deaths. Florida’s performing far better than most states on a relative basis. We’ve also tested more aggressively than most states, with only New York having tested more than Florida. More than half of all of Florida’s cases remain in the tri-county area with Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach having the most cases in the state in that order.

The overall positive test rate in Florida continued to improve Tuesday dropping to yet another new low of 7.2%, that's down from 11% peak. As a reminder, the newest diagnosed cases are new cases obtained through community spread. This reinforces the importance of adhering to the warnings of public officials including social distancing and wearing masks in public.

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