Florida reports 6,323 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, 74 resident deaths
Florida health officials reported an increase of 6,323 COVID-19 cases Saturday and 74 more resident deaths as a result of the virus.
The state has now verified 2,162,067 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began and 34,404 resident deaths, according to the latest health department data.
Another 670 non-residents have died in Florida from COVID-19.
Coronavirus-related deaths reported in the past day include 14 in Miami-Dade County, seven in Broward County and two in Palm Beach County.
There have been 88,130 resident hospitalizations attributed to the novel coronavirus in the state.
At least 7,934,016 people have received COVID-19 vaccines in Florida, with 5,012,332 people in the state fully vaccinated.
Miami-Dade has had 1,057,469 people receive shots, Broward has had 724,968, Monroe 30,890 and Palm Beach County 582,144, according to the latest numbers posted by the state.
The statewide positivity rate for yesterday’s testing was 6.88%.
County by county
MIAMI-DADE
Cases: 468,908 (+1,444)
Deaths: 6,043(+14)
Yesterday’s positivity: 7%
BROWARD
Cases: 227,738 (+748)
Deaths: 2,769 (+7)
Yesterday’s positivity: 6.97%
MONROE
Cases: 6,731 (+20)
Deaths: 50 (unchanged)
Yesterday’s positivity: 6.54%
PALM BEACH
Cases: 138,476 (+413)
Deaths: 2,717 (+2)
Yesterday’s positivity: 5.98%
Latest totals
Worldwide, the number of COVID-19 cases reported is over 140.2 million. There have been more than 3 million deaths worldwide attributed to the pandemic, according to data compiled from various sources by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States has confirmed over 31.6 million cases and has had more than 566,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest totals in the world.
Florida’s daily new cases reported have trended as follows: