Coronavirus update – June 11th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense. The news just wasn’t good on Wednesday. With over 134,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide, it was the highest day for new cases to date. This is being led by rapid growth in cases in Brazil, Russia but also about a dozen other countries with fewer cases including Mexico. The news wasn’t much better here at home.
In the US cases jumped back over 20,000 after three days below that threshold and in Florida we had our third highest day for new cases to date with 1,371 new cases. The past week has easily been the worst week for new COVID-19 cases in our state since the pandemic began. Over half of Florida’s cases remain in the tri-county with Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County having the most cases in that order – though Palm Beach County continues to see the biggest increase in new cases.
Here’s where we stand as of now...
Worldwide:
- 7,471,092 – 419,264 deaths – 3,788,677 recovered
Nationally:
- 2,066,508 cases – 115,137 deaths – 808,551 recovered
Florida:
- 66,000 cases – 2,769 deaths
Despite the most recent news Florida continues to outperform the country, Florida is 8th in total cases nationally while we remain 11th in deaths. Florida is the third most populous state. Here are the South Florida hotspots right now - there are two new ones in Palm Beach County today:
Palm Beach (7): 33415, 33430, 33435, 33458,33460, 33461, 33463
Broward (6): 33023, 33024, 33025, 33028, 33311, 33313
Miami-Dade (20): 33012, 33015, 33016, 33033, 33034, 33055, 33125, 33126, 33136, 33139, 33140, 33142, 33143, 33147 33157, 33161, 33162, 33165, 33166, 33175,
The overall positive test rate in Florida rose to 5.3% on Wednesday, this is the first increase in positive test rate since Florida reached a peak of 11% around five weeks ago. This reinforces the importance of adhering to the warnings of public officials including social distancing and wearing masks in public. The average age of someone diagnosed with COVID-19 in Florida is 54. With over 115,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, it is the deadliest virus in the United States since the 1918 pandemic which killed over 600,000 Americans.