Florida sees more than 9,000 new COVID-19 cases, nearly 2,000 of them in Miami-Dade
Source: MSN/The Hill
MIAMI Floridas Department of Health on Thursday confirmed 9,085 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the states known total to 914,333. Also, 79 resident deaths were announced, bringing the resident death toll to 17,810.
On Thursday, the cumulative nonresident toll was 220, an increase of two from Wednesday.
Miami-Dade County reported 1,945 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven new deaths, according to Floridas Department of Health. The county has a total of 209,166 confirmed cases and 3,738 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases decreased from 8.22% to 8.09%.
Broward County reported 902 additional confirmed cases and three new deaths. The county now has a known total of 98,377 cases and 1,611 deaths. Percent positivity for new cases decreased from 7.85% to 6.92%.
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What is odd is that while Florida's cases per 100,000 is not different from California and Texas, its deaths per 100,000 is notably worse than California and Texas. Does this mean that COVID is deadlier in Florida or does this mean that Florida is undercounting cases?
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_deathsper100k
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_deathsper100klast7days
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)Governor Death Sentence's administration.
Nothing from DeSantis is honest
rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)A LOT of people retire there.
In contrast to the congregate working situations which drove a lot of early spread in other states.
((A cost of chicken, produce, etc.))