Coronavirus update – June 23rd
Bottom Line: This daily update is designed to put everything in perspective with straight-forward facts. No hyperbole, no misinformation, no nonsense. The news was a mixed bag on Monday. Brazil remains the world’s hottest spot and overall, worldwide, new cases increased yesterday over Sunday. Closer to home, for the third out of four days, the US had greater than 30,000 new cases after having consistently been below 20,000 early in June. In Florida, we dropped below three thousand new cases for the first day since last Wednesday. Like I said, mixed bag.
It made news that Florida topped 100,000 cases yesterday, but the biggest issues remain in California and Texas, which both topped 5,000 new cases yesterday in what was the worst day for each of those states yet.
Here’s where we stand as of now...
Worldwide:
9,202,386 – 474,662 deaths – 4,953,780 recovered
Nationally:
2,388,225 cases – 122,611 deaths – 1,003,062 recovered
Florida:
100,217 cases – 3,176 deaths - 19,517 recovered
In Florida, we had 2,926 new diagnosed cases on Monday along with 12 additional deaths, the fewest in a day since the prior Monday. Unfortunately, South Florida remains the epicenter of the virus with Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties having the most cases in that order. There are also three new hotspots according to the Florida Department of Health in South Florida. One additional hotspot in Palm Beach County and two in Broward. There are now 55 zip codes in South Florida which are hotspots.
Palm Beach (10): 33404, 33406, 33407, 33415, 33430, 33435, 33458, 33460, 33461, 33463
Broward (11): 33023, 33024, 33025, 33028, 33064, 33068, 33309, 33311, 33313, 33316, 33319
Miami-Dade (34): 33012, 33015, 33016, 33,018, 33030, 33033, 33034, 33054, 33055, 33056, 33125, 33126, 33,130, 33136, 33139, 33140, 33142, 33143, 33144, 33147, 33150, 33155, 33157, 33161, 33162, 33165, 33166, 33169, 33172, 33175, 33177, 33178, 33179, 33186
The overall positive test rate continues to rise as well in Florida. After reaching a low of 5.2% around three weeks ago, the rate since testing began has now risen back to 6.2% since testing began. We’re seeing the spike in cases coming from both an increase in testing and predominantly from increased community spread. The average age of someone diagnosed with COVID-19 continues to drop. The average diagnosed Floridian has been 43. We’re continuing to see the fastest increase coming from those between the ages of 25-34, which likely speaks to younger adults being more reckless and less likely to follow safety protocols.
Despite the most recent news Florida continues to outperform the country since the onset of the pandemic. Florida is remains 7th in total cases nationally, while the state is now 9th in deaths. Florida is the third most populous state. With over 122,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19, it is the deadliest virus in the United States since the 1918 pandemic which killed over 675,000 Americans.