Coronavirus update – June 19th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense. The US had its highest daily reported new case count since May 21st on Thursday. This was in large part due to Florida have its worst day yet for new cases during the pandemic. With recent spikes in cases the US and Florida currently have the most active cases of COVID-19 yet during the pandemic. This is not the time to get careless and let your guard down. Outside of the US, Brazil remains the world’s top hotspot and they’re set to pass a million cases this weekend.
Here’s where we stand as of now...
Worldwide:
- 8,594,854 – 456,649 deaths – 4,546,496 recovered
Nationally:
- 2,263,749 cases – 120,688 deaths – 931,076 recovered
Florida:
- 85,926 cases – 3,064 deaths - 16,551 recovered
In Florida, 3,207 new cases were reported along with 43 deaths.South Florida remains the epicenter of the virus with Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties having the most cases in that order. Here are the South Florida hot spots right now–there's one new one in Broward and five in Miami Dade today:
Palm Beach (8): 33407, 33415, 33430, 33435, 33458, 33460, 33461, 33463
Broward (8): 33023, 33024, 33025, 33028, 33064, 33068, 33311, 33313
Miami-Dade (25): 33012, 33015, 33016, 33,018, 33033, 33034, 33055, 33125, 33126, 33136, 33139, 33140, 33142, 33143, 33147 33157, 33161, 33162, 33165, 33166, 33169, 33175, 33177, 33,178, 33179
The overall positive test rate also rose in Florida Thursday, with now 5.7% of all tests having come back positive since testing began. The peak was 11% around six weeks ago, however the low was 5.2% two weeks ago. Testing has increased by approximately 30% in Florida in June, however the increase in cases has been greater than 300% over that same time. This illustrates that the spike in cases isn’t due to just an increase in testing but a significant increase in community spread as well. This reinforces the importance of adhering to the warnings of public officials including social distancing and wearing masks in public. The average age of a Floridian diagnosed with the virus remains 46. Despite the most recent news Florida continues to outperform the country overall. Florida is now 7th in total cases nationally, having passed Pennsylvania in total cases Thursday, while the state is now 10th in deaths. Florida is the third most populous state. With over 120,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, it is the deadliest virus in the United States since the 1918 pandemic which killed over 600,000 Americans.