ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida surpassed New York over the weekend as the state with the second-most coronavirus cases in the U.S., as more than 9,300 new cases were reported in the Sunshine State on Sunday, accompanied by an additional 78 new deaths.
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Florida’s 423,855 coronavirus cases as of Sunday were surpassed only by California’s 453,659 cases. With 39.5 million residents, California has almost double the population of Florida’s 21.4 million inhabitants. California is the nation’s most populous state, followed by Texas, Florida and New York.
New York, once the epicenter of the virus in the U.S., had 411,736 coronavirus cases. The state has 19.4 million residents.
There were 9,344 new cases reported in Florida on Sunday. The number of new cases was lower than other days last week, but caseloads released on Sundays tend to be smaller because of the lack of workers entering data or in labs testing samples.
The statewide median age of coronavirus patients in Florida was 40.
Almost 3.4 million Floridians have been tested for the virus. The new cases tested over the weekend had a positive rate of 11%, according to the Florida Department of Health.
The state health department recorded 781 COVID-19 deaths over the past week for an average of 126 deaths per day on Sunday, down slightly from Saturday’s weekly average of 127 deaths per day. Florida had 5,972 total deaths as of Sunday, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Florida also had 8,951 coronavirus-related hospitalizations as of Sunday.
Keep it up governor; more cases less then a third of the deaths
Way more testing is now available for Floridians than New Yorkers had during the peak. So with that being said, this does not necessarily mean that a higher percentage of Floridians were actually infected.
The curve in Florida keeps on declining . At its peak it was at 15k its now down to 9k. Deaths while bad are far lower than in ny at this stage of its outbreak
Why does the media keep harping on how many positive covid cases there are? What does it show? What does it prove? Most people who test positive have little or no symptoms. In addition, I know a few people who went into the hospital recently for various ailments (stroke, heart, cellulitis) and were immediately put into a Covid ward. I would be worried if many people were being hospitalized or passing away.
Not bad for a minor cold. Swing State Florida is swinging away from dr. orange. ITS ABOUT THE VIRUS, BUCHERS…
Watch out California. Florida wants to #1
Florida deaths only surpassed by a dozen other states. NY deaths 8 times more than Florida.
Florida added a record-high number of hospitalizations Friday, recording 584 new admissions, according to the Florida Department of Health.
Florida logged 136 deaths, bringing the total number who have died from coronavirus since March up to 5,763 people.
The state also surpassed 400,000 infections over the five months since the pandemic began, adding 12,444 new cases Friday and bringing the total to 402,312. The percentage of positive tests for the day is about 13 percent, with more than 100,000 tests processed.
With more people getting infected the closer we get to herd immunity.
Th comments about fewer deaths are very important, the liberal news media is like to sensationalize and therefore ignores that part. At the present rate of infection, the epidemic will greatly subside before the end of August and will allow the schools to reopen.Th only thing that will prevent school re-openings will be the media’s sensationalizing every case.
It’s also noteworthy that last week California overtook New York State in coronavirus cases too, but somehow American Pravda – and hence their lapdog VIN – didn’t see fit to report on that.
Obvious difference: California’s governor has the magic (D) after his name; Florida’s has the scarlet letter (R).