Coronavirus update – June 7th
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense.This weekend was full of milestone numbers being crossed across the world and here at home. More than 7 million diagnosed cases and 400,000 deaths worldwide. More than two million of those cases in the United States. But more important than just citing numbers, what’s going on right now and closest to home. Florida, we might have a problem.
After averaging around 700 new diagnosed cases daily in Florida in recent weeks, we’ve had a spike in cases which appears to be a new trend. We’ve averaged about 1,300 new cases per day over the past five days, a near doubling over what we’d seen previously. The past five days have also been the five worst days for new cases since the pandemic began. There’s no one thing we can point to as the catalyst, however we’re seeing rapid growth in specific hot spots in Broward, Collier, Hendry, Martin, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties. It’s interesting that there’s not a hot spot anywhere north of Martin County in the state. This seems to dispel the hope that heat and humidity alone might do the trick to eliminate the threat of the virus.
With over 110,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, it is the deadliest virus in the United States since the 1918 pandemic which killed an estimated 500,000 people.
Here’s where we stand as of now...
Worldwide:
- 7,102,957 – 406,343 deaths – 3,466,581 recovered
Nationally:
- 2,007,449 cases –112,469 deaths – 761,708 recovered
Florida:
- 63,938 cases – 2,703 deaths
Despite the most recent news Florida continues to outperform the country, Florida is 9th in total cases nationally while we remain 11th in deaths.Florida is the third most populous state. More than half of all of Florida’s cases remain in the tri-county area with Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach having the most cases in the state in that order.We have hot spots in all three counties right now.
The overall positive test rate in Florida dropped to a new low of 5.3%, less than half of the peak rate of 11%. As a reminder, the newest diagnosed cases are new cases obtained through community spread. 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.