Coronavirus: Florida reports 3,266 new cases Tuesday after just 738 a day earlier - WPLG Local 10

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Florida reported 3,266 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after the state confirmed just 738 new cases.

The state also reported 106 deaths after adding just five the day prior.

Florida is now up to 704,568 confirmed cases, 14,143 resident deaths and 170 non-resident deaths from COVID-19, according to the health department’s dashboard. At least 43,855 hospitalizations have been attributed to the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak.

Monday was the first time since early June the state announced fewer than 1,000 cases in a day. The 3,266 announced Tuesday are the most in a day since Sept. 19.

Florida’s statewide positivity rate from yesterday is 5.01%, according to the health department, after it had been under 5% for five straight days. The 14-day average is 4.54% and the 7-day is 4.47%.

The newly confirmed deaths over the past 24 hours include 15 in Miami-Dade County, four in Broward County and seven in Palm Beach County.

On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis cited positive trends and lifted restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, which led many South Floridians to flock to local bars that had been closed for months.

A look at Florida's COVID-19 positivity rates over recent days. (Florida Department of Health)

County by county

MIAMI-DADE

Cases: 170,086 (+620)

Deaths: 3,243 (+15)

Yesterday’s positivity: 6.87%

14-day positivity: 4.44%

7-day positivity: 4.66%

BROWARD

Cases: 77,122 (+248)

Deaths: 1,384 (+4)

Yesterday’s positivity: 3.11%

14-day positivity: 3.02%

7-day positivity: 3.14%

MONROE

Cases: 1,845 (+8)

Deaths: 22 (unchanged)

Yesterday’s positivity: 6.45%

14-day positivity: 2.9%

7-day positivity: 3.17%

PALM BEACH

Cases: 46,485 (+175)

Deaths: 1,350 (+7)

Yesterday’s positivity: 4.14%

For more detailed data on every county from the latest Florida Department of Health report, click here.

Latest totals

The United States has passed 7.1 million confirmed cases, with over 205,000 deaths from COVID-19, the highest numbers in the world. Over 2.7 million Americans have been deemed recovered, according to data compiled from various sources by Johns Hopkins University.

Worldwide, the number of COVID-19 cases reported has surpassed 33.4 million. There have been more than 1 million deaths worldwide attributed to the pandemic, with over 23.1 million being declared recovered.

Florida’s daily new cases have trended as follows: