WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Palm Beach County's coronavirus death toll rose by one to 156 -- the first increase since Friday -- as state fatalities increased by 14 to 1,088, the Florida Health Department announced Monday morning.
State deaths increased by 1.3 percent -- far below previous days in the past few weeks when the increase surged in double digits. On Sunday, 19 additional deaths were reported after 9 on Saturday, the first time the state went to reporting data once a day instead of twice. On Friday, there were 59 deaths with the record 72 on April 14.
The number of cases declined significantly to 610 at 32,138 for a 1.9 percent increase. Last Thursday, 1,072 cases were reported. In Palm Beach County, the cases increased by 66.
In addition, the percentage of positive cases has been declining this week. A total of 358,127 have been tested in the state with 324,325 negative results for 9.0 percent compared with 10.1 percent one week ago.
Two massive testing sites are located in Palm Beach County: the South County Civic Center and FITTEAM Ballpark in West Palm Beach. In addition, a test site has opened in Belle Glade as well as in Fort Pierce. Other big testing sites at located at Marlins Park and Hard Rock Stadium in Miami-Dade County.
Miami-Dade County has the most deaths in the state, increasing by 2 to 302 in one day. Broward County rose to 174 with an increase of 4 to 174.
Seven of the additional 14 deaths are linked to South Florida, including the latest fatality in Palm Beach County, a 93-year-old man as well as a 53-year-old man in St. Lucie County, where there are now 20 deaths. Martin and Indian River each remain at 5 and Okeechobee has yet to report a death.
South Florida accounts for 632 deaths, which is 58.1 percent of the state total though the population comprises 30 percent. The county with the fourth most deaths is Manatee with 42.
The mortality rate involving positive cases is 3.4 percent in the state compared with 5.6 percent in the United States and 6.9 percent worldwide, which passed 208,000 deaths Monday. In Palm Beach County the rate is 5.6 percent compared with 3.6 percent in Broward and 2.6 percent in Miami-Dade. With much fewer deaths, the mortality rate is 8.5 percent in St. Lucie, 5.6 percent in Indian River and 2.7 percent in Martin.
The deaths in the state range from a 26-year-old man in Miami-Dade to a pair of 101-year-old women in Miami-Dade and Collier. The death in Collier was announced Thursday along with a 99-year-old woman in the county. Ninety-three percent of the fatalities are 55 and older and 59 percent 75 and older.
Florida ranks 10th in the nation in total deaths, according to Monday tracking by Worldometers.info.
New York leads with 22,623 deaths, including 348 more Monday after 367 additional Sunday. ndiana was second with 119 more deaths for 13th place with a14.6 percent gain -- the most in the nation -- but the state added 88 probable deaths to the total Monday.
Every other state reported fewer than 200 additional deaths. New Jersey rose by 106 cases in second place, ahead of No. 3 Massachusetts with 104 more fatalities.
Florida was 652 deaths behind No. 9 Louisiana, which passed California.
Georgia, which is opening nonessential businesses, is in 11th place with 994, an increase of 78 deaths.
In all, 56,796 have died from the virus in the United States with 1,383 reported Sunday and 1,157 Saturday, far below than Saturday's 2,065 figure.
The U.S. represented about one-third of the additional deaths and one-quarter of the world total.
Cases in the United States dropped from 26,509 to 22,963 but passed 1 million. The record was 38,958 on Friday.
Worldwide, cases passed 3 million.
Italy, which at one time was an epicenter of the virus, is second in the world in deaths but the nation gained only 333 more deaths after a high of 919 on March 27. No. 3 Spain increased 331 fatalities after a high of 961 on April 2. China, the original epicenter, reported only six new cases and zero new deaths Tuesday and is now in ninth place.
One week ago in the United States, there were 42,853 deaths total compared with 27,515 two weeks ago, 13,298 three weeks ago, 4,066 four weeks ago, 689 five weeks ago, 48 six weeks ago, 12 seven weeks ago and 6 eight weeks ago.
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Palm Beach County's death count is higher than 18 states and the District of Columbia. The deaths range from a 38-year-old man to a 96-year-old woman.
The county's total number of confirmed cases are wide-ranging, with the youngest person being an infant girl and boy and the oldest a 104-year-old man. In the state, there are 146 cases of children up to 4.
Through Monday, West Palm Beach leads Palm Beach County with 500 cases, followed by Boca Raton with 411, Lake Worth Beach with 368, Boynton Beach with 349 and Delray Beach with 321. The most cases on the Treasure Coast are in Port St. Lucie with 157.
Palm Beach County has 2,763 cases out of 24,965 total tested, including those awaiting results.
Miami-Dade leads with 11,570 positive cases out of 79,251 tested, and Broward is second with 4,794 cases and 44,031 tested.
On the Treasure Coast, 19 additional cases were reported Monday -- 9 more in Martin, 8 more in St. Lucie, 1 one in Indian River and one more in Okeechobee.
In St. Lucie, it's 236 positive out of 3,010 total tested, followed by Martin with 183out of 1,718, Indian River with 90 out of 1,695 and Okeechobee with 10 out of 354.
A total of 5,010 people in the state have been hospitalized at one time, which is 53 more than the day before. That means it is a running total and includes people who have been released or died. The number is 409 in Palm Beach County, 68 in St. Lucie, 41 in Martin, 26 in Indian River and 5 in Okeechobee.
State hospital bed capacity, including in intensive care units, is at 40 percent, which is less than before the pandemic.
