FL Dept of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces 46 Deaths Related to COVID-19

Florida Department of Health Updates New COVID-19 Cases, Announces Forty-Six Deaths Related to COVID-19

~33,829 positive cases in Florida residents and 899 positive cases in non-Florida residents~

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Health, in order to provide more comprehensive data, releases a report on COVID-19 cases in Florida once per day. The Florida Department of Health COVID-19 dashboard is also providing updates once per day. The state also provides a report detailing surveillance data for every Florida county. Previously, this information was only available for select communities. The surveillance data report is available here.

More than 21,000 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Thursday, April 30 – the second highest number since testing began. Today, as of 11 a.m., there are 1,038 new positive COVID-19 cases (1,028 Florida residents and 10 non-Florida residents) and forty-six deaths related to COVID-19. This increase in cases corresponds to the increase in tests reported, and on April 30, five percent of new cases** tested positive. Overall, the percent of those testing positive for COVID-19 overall is 9 percent.

The Florida Department of Health also releases a list of long-term care facilities in Florida associated with COVID-19 cases with active cases and number of deaths in each facility in order to provide real-time data. The list of long-term care facilities with active COVID-19 cases is available here.  To date, 444 individuals that were staff or residents of a long-term care facility have died.

There are a total of 34,728 Florida cases** with 1,314 deaths related to COVID-19.

Since 11 a.m. on April 30, forty-six people have died who tested positive for COVID-19 Broward, Charlotte, Dade, Hillsborough, Lake, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota in counties.

Florida recently partnered with private laboratories around the state to expand COVID-19 laboratory testing capacity. This partnership will increase the number of tests conducted each day and ensure Floridians receive the critical health information they need in a timely manner.

Expansion to private laboratories changes the COVID-19 testing landscape in Florida. Private laboratories are running tests as they receive swab samples from practitioners. Testing and reporting times vary among commercial and DOH laboratories. Demographic information may be updated during investigations. These twice daily reports reflect the state’s efforts to accurately and transparently share information.

More information on a case-by-case basis can also be found here.

For more detail on Florida resident cases, please visit the live DOH Dashboard here.

* Florida residents that are diagnosed with COVID-19 and isolated out of state are not reflected on the Florida map.

**This percentage is the number of people who test positive for the first time divided by all tests, excluding people who have previously tested positive.

***Total cases overview includes positive cases in Florida residents and non-Florida residents tested in Florida.