Nearly 100 More Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Florida
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Nearly 100 More Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Florida
The state's new total rose to 314, including 289 Florida residents and 25 non-Florida residents
Updated 4 seconds ago 3/18/20 3pm
Nearly 100 more coronavirus cases were confirmed in Florida Wednesday, bringing the total to more than 300, state health officials said.
The state's new total rose to 314, including 289 Florida residents and 25 non-Florida residents, according to the Florida Department of Health. Broward still leads the state with 80 total cases, with Miami-Dade not far behind at 76. Some 954 results in the state were still pending.
In Palm Beach County, where there were 19 total cases, a 6-year-old tested positive for COVID-19, health officials said. The case involves a boy and it was unknown if it was travel-related, health officials said.
Total state deaths remained at 7, including an elderly resident of an assisted living facility in Fort Lauderdale.
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