Coronavirus Florida: What you need to know, Sunday, May 17 – Palm Beach Post

Coronavirus updates: Updated number of coronavirus cases in Palm Beach County, Florida, the U.S. and the world. The U.S. leads the world in the number of cases and deaths.

Coronavirus by the numbers, as of Sunday, May 17:

PALM BEACH COUNTY

How many cases are in Palm Beach County? The county has 4,440 cases and 275 deaths. Median age of cases is 52.

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SOUTH FLORIDA

How many cases in South Florida? Palm Beach County has the third-most positive cases in the state behind only Miami-Dade (15,366 cases; 559 deaths) and Broward (6,201 cases; 278 deaths).

Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties combine for 26,007 cases and 1,112 deaths.

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How many cases in the Treasure Coast? Martin (296 cases, 6 deaths), St. Lucie (316 cases, 27 deaths) and Indian River (104, 9 deaths). Those counties now account for 716 cases and 42 deaths.

In the counties near Lake Okeechobee: Henry County has 205 cases and 12 deaths. Glades County has 9 cases and 1 death. Okeechobee County has 34 cases and no deaths.

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FLORIDA

How many cases are in Florida? There are 44,811. There have been 1,964 deaths and 8,146 are currently hospitalized.

Orange County (Orlando) has 1,629 cases and 38 deaths. Hillsborough County (Tampa) has 1,585 cases and 51 deaths. Duval County (Jacksonville) has 1,259 cases and 34 deaths.

Confirmed cases by county

UNITED STATES

How many cases are in the U.S.? There are now 1,507,798 total cases, the most in the world, and 90,113 deaths, the most in the world.

State by state cases: Florida is ninth with 44,811. New York leads with 358,099 followed by New Jersey (146,389), lllinois (92,457), Massachusetts (84,933), California (78,685), Pennsylvania (65,307), Michigan (50,504), Texas (47,672) and Florida.

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State by state deaths: New York leads by far, with 28,134. Florida is 10th, with 1,965. Following New York is New Jersey (10,260), Massachusetts (5,705), Michigan (4,880), Pennsylvania (4,489), Illinois (4,129), Connecticut (3,339), California (3,208), Louisiana (2,479) and Florida.

For real-time state numbers go here.

WORLD

How many cases are in the world? There are 4,736,395 cases and 313,345 deaths. 1,819,119 people have recovered from the virus.

For real-time world numbers go here.

Which countries have the most cases? After the U.S. (1,507,798), Russia (281,752), Spain (276,505), the United Kingdom (240,161), Brazil (233,511), Italy (224,760), France (179,365), Germany (176,244), Turkey (148,067), Iran (118,392) and India (91,314). Canada has 75,864 and Mexico has 47,144.

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Which countries have the most deaths? The U.S. leads, with 90,113. The U.K. is second with 34,466, followed by Italy (31,763), France (27,625), Spain (27,563), Brazil (15,662), Belgium (9,052), Germany (8,027), Iran (6,937), Canada (5,679), the Netherlands (5,670) and Mexico (5,045).

For real-time numbers go here.

RESOURCES

From the Florida Department of Health

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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

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For more information:

Florida Department of Health coronavirus web page

CDC coronavirus web page

Florida DOH coronavirus hotline (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday) is 866-779-6121 or email COVID-19@flhealth.gov

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