Parkland Covid-19 Case Update through November 16

By Ryan Yousefi 

With COVID-19 cases spiking all around the state, Parkland Talk has resumed providing updates on data from the Florida Department of Health.

Unfortunately, fall has brought with it some bad news; COVID-19 cases are setting record highs all around the country. The data in Broward County is trending upward towards the numbers Floridians grew accustomed to seeing during the first wave of infections.

According to the Florida Department of Health, as of November 16, there have been 761 positive COVID-19 cases in Parkland. That’s an increase of 43 positive cases since we last updated readers on the data on Thursday, November 12.

Statewide in Florida, there have been 889,864 positive COVID-19 cases to date.

There were 62,733 COVID-19 tests conducted in Florida on November 15, with 4,531 coming back positive. Over the last two weeks, positivity rates have grown steadily from 6.01-percent on October 28 to 9.54-percent on November 15.

The average age of a resident to contract COVID-19 in Broward County on November 15 was 41-years-old.

Since the pandemic began, there have been 17,559 deaths to date in Florida due to COVID-19, with 52,019 patients hospitalized due to the virus.

Below are cases sorted by Broward County cities:

Fort Lauderdale 19,715

Hollywood 17,393

Pompano Beach 9,937

Miramar 6,025

Missing, 5,094

Coral Springs, 4,485

Sunrise 3,585

Davie 3,695

Plantation 2,847

Deerfield Beach  2,657

Weston  2,628

Tamarac  2,522

Margate 2,066

Coconut Creek 1,941

Hallandale 1,756

North Lauderdale  1,663

Oakland Park  1,384

Pembroke Pines 1,350

Cooper City  863

Parkland 761

Lauderdale Lakes 440

Lauderhill  424

Wilton Manors 403

Southwest Ranches  307

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