A day after Florida's daily increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases dropped to just 1,700, the state reported more than 7,100 new infections Tuesday.
The 7,179 new confirmed COVID-19 cases brought Florida's total to 1,918,100 since the outbreak began, according to figures released by the state's department of health. Only 1,700 cases were reported statewide on Monday.
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Another 136 virus-related deaths among Florida residents were reported Tuesday, bringing the total to 31,135. An additional 561 non-resident deaths have been confirmed in the state to-date. Most of the newly confirmed deaths occurred days or weeks earlier.
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The positivity rate for new cases in the state was 5.69% in Tuesday's department of health coronavirus report, following two straight days above 6%.
The positivity rate for all cases, including people who have already been tested, was 7.60%.
In South Florida, Miami-Dade County reached 412,908 cases on Tuesday, an increase of 1,956 since Monday, along with 5,481 COVID-related deaths, a single-day increase of 32.
In Broward County, there were 196,114 total COVID-19 cases reported, a daily increase of 897, along with 2,408 virus-related deaths, nine more than Monday's total.
Palm Beach County had 121,226 cases and 2,486 virus-related deaths Tuesday, while Monroe County had 5,892 cases and 46 deaths.
