Breaking (6/27): Florida reports another pandemic record with 9,585 new coronavirus cases!

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https://www.wftv.com/news/local/florida-reports-record-shattering-9500-new-cases-covid-19-statewide-cases-surpass-130k/44HPJ5VFZBH5XIQZG4PN6R4G64/

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reported another record-shattering day of cases with more than 9,500 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, surpassing the previous record set Friday.

The state reported 9,585 new COVID-19 cases and 24 coronavirus-related deaths.

The new cases bring the total in Florida up to 132,545 with 3,390 deaths.


Five coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Polk County and one coronavirus-related death was reported in Volusia County.

See a county-by-county breakdown of cases below, and click here for an interactive map of cases statewide:

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-florida-coronavirus-saturday-june-27-20200627-wlaxcvv6nvcennambcrod4qule-story.html

The state has now registered 132,545 positive cases to date. The previous record for a single-day increase of 8,942 cases was reported Friday, followed by 5,508 cases reported Wednesday.

It has also seen 14,136 hospitalizations, up 149 from Friday’s report.


24 new deaths were also reported Saturday, bringing the state toll to 3,390. That includes six more in Central Florida: five in Polk County, and one in Volusia.

The Department of Health now says 132,545 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

At least 3,489 people have died from a virus-related illness in Florida, including 99 from outside the state.

The statewide numbers Saturday broke the previous record of 8,942 set Friday.

South Florida
In South Florida, the hardest-hit area in the state:

Broward County: 726 new cases were reported Saturday, bringing the total to 14,046 to date. A total of 404 people have died, one more since Friday.

Palm Beach County: 430 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 12,928. A total of 505 people have died, two more since Fridaay.

Miami-Dade County: Florida’s hot spot saw 1,366 new cases, bringing the total to 31,562. A total of 962 people have died, which is one more than Friday. Miami-Dade has 13% of the state’s population but 23.8% of the coronavirus cases and 27.6% of the deaths.

[OrlandoDem2]

1. Yay us! Winning!!

[jimfields33]

4. I live in lake county. We have over 1,000 positives and 22 deaths

We had a worker in the county jail as our latest victim. Pretty young too.

[OrlandoDem2]

5. Well they better test everyone in the jail, worker and prisoner.

[jimfields33]

9. Yep. Hopefully either done or better get to it yesterday.

[uponit7771]

2. We're at 47,000 a day now

[OrlandoDem2]

7. People need to self-quarantine throughout the south even if the governors don't call for it.

[Chainfire]

11. Smart people are doing exactly that

But there are a hell of a lot of dumb asses who will not accept the virus as a problem and will not take any measures to mitigate their chances of getting the virus. A lot of Right wingers have all kinds of political excuses for keeping their heads in the sand and their asses exposed to the virus.

The fault for Florida's rapid rise to the number one hot spot in the US rests squarely on the shoulders of our Trumpist governor who will not even mandate the use of masks in public for the fear of making his following angry; and that folks, is leadership Republican style. Faced with numbers that are nearly tripling the next highest in the country, the governor responds by banning sales of alcohol in bars so that he can not be labeled with "closing" bars. In what universe does that kind of goofy action make sense?

We all know that the way to reduce the spread of the virus is to stay at home, close bars, restaurants, theaters, gyms, etc., but instead we just turn our heads and address the medical crisis with a wink and a nod. The more Republican "leadership" I see, the more pushing of the Fascists policies, the more I hate the politicians and the voters who support them.

As Steppenwolf might say, Goddamn the (R) pusher man!

[Mike 03]

3. *Gulp*

These numbers are getting scary-high.

[OrlandoDem2]

6. Exactly. The more community spread, the more likely it gets into a

senior citizens living community, nursing home, or attacks the vulnerable.

And schools haven’t even opened yet. It’ll explode on a nuclear level.

[uponit7771]

13. NY at its peak was 10,000

[clutterbox1830]

8. It was funny to see all my RW FB "friends" were so envious of FL reopening are now silent.

I hear plenty of them saying that they are living in the wrong state (I live in Pa) and how Gov Wolf should be impeached.

The sad thing is many of my other RW FB friends are continuing their vacation down south and will bring back the virus back home without a care in the world.

[mcar]

10. Oh, it's just because there's more testing

says Gov. Deer in the headlights.

[Azathoth]

12. Let's be honest, this is why Trump's poll numbers have collapsed

As is so common with conservatives, "fuck your feelings" suddenly becomes "why god is no one helping me?!" the instant something affects them personally.

When the perception among conservatives was that coronavirus was a blue state/liberal city problem, they could care less whether Trump used ventilators as a political bargaining chip. Now it's a different story.

[superpatriotman]

14. +1

Though South Florida is very Blue

[Blue_true]

15. Deaths are a lagging statistic. With the big infection numbers

being reported last week and this week, the death rate is set to rise sharply. Florida has a 2.56% death rate, but NYC also started off around 2%, but went up to over 6%. Hopefully Florida will fair better, but even at 2.56%, 200 plus people will likely die each day in a few weeks - if the numbers stay where they were last week and this week.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Florida should test less. Then the numbers will go down . . . . . . . .

[Crunchy Frog]

17. I'm not buying their fatality numbers. I think they're just as cooked as the ones from Russia. n/t