Miami Mayor Francis Suarez spoke in favor of the House’s coronavirus relief package on Friday. Suarez also criticized the support many U.S. cities received in previous aid packages, saying, “Many of them had very, very bad experiences in terms of receiving the full allotment that they should have received based on their population.”
Florida reported more than 7,600 new COVID-19 cases Friday, as the state's virus-related death toll increased by 183.
The 7,617 new confirmed COVID-19 cases brought Florida's total to 1,814,422 since the outbreak began, according to figures released by the state's department of health.
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Another 183 virus-related deaths among Florida residents were reported Friday, bringing the total to 28,565. An additional 496 non-resident deaths have been confirmed in the state to-date, an increase of seven since Thursday. Most of the newly confirmed deaths occurred days or weeks earlier.
The positivity rate for new cases in the state was 6.22% in Friday's department of health coronavirus report.
The positivity rate for all cases, including people who have already been tested, was 8.07%, an increase from Thursday's 7.92%.
In South Florida, Miami-Dade County reached 391,162 cases on Friday, an increase of 1,643 since Thursday, along with 5,121 COVID-related deaths, a single-day increase of 40 -- double than what was reported the day before.
In Broward County, there were 183,224 total COVID-19 cases reported, a daily increase of 805, along with 2,229 virus-related deaths, 11 more than Thursday's total.
Palm Beach County had 113,457 cases and 2,315 virus-related deaths Friday, while Monroe County had 5,541 cases and 42 deaths.
