Florida Coronavirus Update: More Than 300 Cases Including 6-Year-Old In Palm Beach County
MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Nearly half of all coronavirus cases in Florida are in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In Florida, the number of cases climbed to 328 on Wednesday afternoon.
Eighty of those cases are in Broward and 77 are in Miami-Dade.
The next-highest total was Palm Beach County, with 21 cases including a 6-year-old boy. The boy is currently the youngest confirmed case in the state. It's not known if this case is travel-related.
The youngest case in Miami-Dade is 18 and in Broward it is 19.
The Florida Department of Health says the virus is now in 30 counties.
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Of the 328 statewide cases, 299 involved Florida residents who are in the state. The other 29 involved non-Florida residents in the state. Meanwhile, six Florida residents had been diagnosed with the virus and isolated out of the state.
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The highly contagious respiratory disease, known as COVID-19, has caused the deaths of seven Florida residents.
The virus is hitting men and older Floridians hardest, with 59 percent of the confirmed cases involving males and 41 percent involving people ages 60 and older.