After two days of record-setting increases in new COVID-19 cases, Florida had a little over 15,400 infections on Saturday.
The 15,445 new confirmed COVID-19 cases brought Florida's total to 1,464,697 since the outbreak began, according to figures released by the state's department of health. The state set its single-day case record on Thursday when 19,816 cases were reported, then nearly matched it with another 19,530 reported Friday.
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Covid deaths are also showing an increase in the state, with another 138 virus-related deaths among Florida residents reported Saturday, bringing the total to 22,804. Another 346 non-resident deaths have been confirmed in the state to-date, one more than was reported on Friday. Most of the newly confirmed deaths occurred days or weeks earlier.
The positivity rate for new cases in the state was 10.79% in Saturday's department of health report, the lowest it's been since New Year's Day.
The positivity rate for all cases, including people who have already been tested, was 12.60%, Also the lowest reported in the past week.
In South Florida, Miami-Dade County had 324,260 cases Saturday, an increase of 2,705 since Friday, along with 4,365 COVID-related deaths, a single-day increase of 33.
In Broward County, there were 149,168 total COVID-19 cases reported, a daily increase of 1,224, along with 1,915 virus-related deaths, 12 more than Friday.
Palm Beach County had 91,049 cases and 1,955 virus-related deaths Saturday, while Monroe County had 4,635 cases and 36 deaths.
Florida's daily vaccine report showed about 478,000 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination since the state started administering the vaccine in mid-December. About 35,800 have received the second booster shot.
